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Passing arguments, writing a help menu, and debugging can be burdensome. However, the getopts command, Heredoc, and the "set ...

Internet security experts are warning that a new programming flaw known as the “Bash Bug” may pose a serious threat to millions of computers and other devices such as home Internet routers. Even the ...

Security researchers from around the net are sounding the alarm over a recently discovered computer bug named Shellshock (Bash). It’s a massive security hole that's arguably worse than the Heartbleed ...

The Bash Bug – also going by the nickname "Shellshock" – has been discovered this week and identified as a serious threat to computers of all kinds around the world. The vulnerability exists inside ...

Security experts have unearthed a new vulnerability in a piece of software used in the open-source Linux operating system and other UNIX-based platforms, and they believe it poses an even bigger ...

Bash scripting is a powerful tool for automating tasks on Linux and Unix-like systems. While it's well-known for managing file and process operations, arithmetic operations, such as division, play a ...

Known to security researchers as GNU Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271), the recently discovered “Bash Bug”, or “Shellshock” potentially allows cyber attackers to gain control ...