Multipass - Run Virtual Ubuntu Instances in Linux

Multipass – Run Virtual Ubuntu Instances in Linux

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Multipass is a cross-platform, lightweight Ubuntu virtual machine (VIM) manager that runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS. It builds cloud-style Ubuntu VMs, allowing developers to

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Linux Lite - An Ubuntu-Based Distribution for Linux Newbies

Linux Lite – An Ubuntu-Based Distribution for Linux Newbies

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Linux Lite is a free, easy-to-use, and open-source Linux distribution based on the Ubuntu LTS series of releases. By design, it is a lightweight and

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8 Best Lightweight Linux Distributions For Older Computers

8 Best Lightweight Linux Distributions For Older Computers

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Lightweight Linux distributions share similar characteristics with their desktop-oriented counterparts. They give us the best of both worlds but with a slightly modified user experience.

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The Power of the Select Command to Automate Tasks in Bash

The Power of the Select Command to Automate Tasks in Bash
by George Whittaker

Introduction

The select command in Linux is a versatile tool primarily used for menu creation in bash scripts. The command retrieves data from a specified list, which can be an array or other data source, and generates a menu from this data. Depending on the complexity of your task, you can create various types of menus such as a menu based on directory list or even a menu derived from file content.

Basic Syntax

The basic syntax of the select command is as follows:

select v in data_list

do

statement1

statement2

statement3

done 

Here, each menu item is created from the data_list. The data retrieved from this list is stored in a variable to create the menu. You can also use the select command with the case command to create more complex menus.

Creating a Simple Menu

In a simple scenario, you might want to create a menu of mobile brands. You can easily achieve this by creating a bash file with the select command. After executing the script, the user will see a menu of brands and be asked to choose one. The name of the selected brand will then be printed on the screen​.

Using Select Command with a Case Statement

To create a bash menu with a case statement, you can use the select command in conjunction with a case statement. After running the script, the user selects any menu item, and the case statement will match the selected value with its cases. If none of the case values matches the selected menu item, the script will print an “Invalid entry” message and terminate​.

Creating Nested Bash Menus

The select command can also be used to create nested menus. This involves creating a menu under another menu. You can implement nested menus using two or more select and case statements. In this case, the parent menu contains multiple items and a sub-menu contains additional items. When a user selects an item, the script will display the corresponding message or submenu​.

Creating a Bash Menu with an Array

Arrays in bash can store multiple data points, making them an excellent data source for creating bash menus. You can use an array with the select statement to create a menu. In this scenario, a bash subroutine is used to create a menu from the array. The script will check if the selected menu item number is within the appropriate range. If it’s not, the script will prompt the user to select a number within the valid range​.

How to Fix “E: Unable to locate package” Error on Ubuntu

How to Fix “E: Unable to locate package” Error on Ubuntu

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Sometimes, when installing a package on Ubuntu using the APT package manager, you might bump into the error “E: Unable to locate package“. This might

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How to Fix SSH Permission Denied (Public key) Error

How to Fix SSH Permission Denied (Public key) Error

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SSH, an acronym for Secure Shell, is a remote protocol that is widely used to make remote connections to servers, network devices, and other remote

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Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu [Using PPA and DEB]

Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu [Using PPA and DEB]

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Google Chrome Browser developed by Google Inc. is a freeware web browser licensed under Google Chrome Terms of Service. As per Wikipedia (as of February

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How to Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras Package

How to Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras Package

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Ubuntu Restricted Extras is a software bundle for the Ubuntu operating system that allows users to install software that isn’t currently included for ethical or

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How to Install Google Chrome on Linux Desktops

How to Install Google Chrome on Linux Desktops

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Google Chrome is a most popular, fast, secure, and easy-to-use free cross-platform web browser developed by Google, and was first released in 2008 for Microsoft

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8 Cut Command Examples [Cut Parts of Lines in File]

8 Cut Command Examples [Cut Parts of Lines in File]

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As Linux users, we interact with the text files on a regular basis. One of the common operations we perform on these files is text

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How to Install and Configure VNC Server in CentOS and RHEL

How to Install and Configure VNC Server in CentOS and RHEL

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In this guide, we’ll explain how to install and configure VNC Remote Access in CentOS 7/8 and RHEL 9/8/7 desktop edition via the tigervnc-server program

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RedHat vs Debian: Administrative Point of View

RedHat vs Debian: Administrative Point of View

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There are countless Linux distributions available, a vast majority are free to download and use. Some are more appropriate for performing particular tasks than others.

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How to Permanently Disable Swap in Linux

How to Permanently Disable Swap in Linux

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Swapping or swap space represents a physical memory page that lives on top of a disk partition or a special disk file used for extending

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How to Test Network Speed Using iPerf3 Tool in Linux

How to Test Network Speed Using iPerf3 Tool in Linux

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iperf3 is a free open-source, cross-platform command-line-based program for performing real-time network throughput measurements. It is one of the most powerful tools for testing the

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How to Delete a Large Directory with Files in Linux

How to Delete a Large Directory with Files in Linux

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File management is one of the common tasks that a user undertakes on a Linux system, which includes creating, copying, moving, modifying, and deleting files

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Psensor - A Hardware Temperature Monitoring Tool for Linux

Psensor – A Hardware Temperature Monitoring Tool for Linux

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Psensor is a GTK+ (Widget Toolkit for creating Graphical User Interface) based application software that is used to monitor hardware temperature and plot Real-Time graphs

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10 Useful Tools to Create Bootable USB from an ISO Image

10 Useful Tools to Create Bootable USB from an ISO Image

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CD and DVD writers are a thing of the past. You are not likely to find them in modern-day laptops. If your goal is to

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5 Best Free PDF to Word Doc Converters for Linux

5 Best Free PDF to Word Doc Converters for Linux

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Portable Document Format or PDF is one of the most popular file formats, mainly due to its unified standard across platforms and devices, compatibility, and

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