I would basically like to rip off, wholesale, some command-line script which will provide me a countdown -- only in days. No years, months, minutes, or seconds. Unfortunately, adapting an existing script is beyond my ken. [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 5 answers

Alternatives to lynx, wget and get from the unix command line? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2007 - 11 answers

*nix shell "best practices" anyone? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2006 - 9 answers

Looking for a reasonably quick introduction to Perl Unix scripting, preferably online.
posted on Nov 4, 2004 - 7 answers