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Bash Script: Find Out In What Directory Script Is Stored Under Unix Or Linux

last updated December 12, 2012 in BASH Shell, Linux, UNIX

How can I find out the path of the directory in which my bash shell script is located and store that path in _base variable?

Apple OS X: Remove a Symbolic Link (Symlink) Command

last updated May 4, 2012 in Mac OS X

How do I remove a symlink under Apple Mac OS X using bash command line option?

Bash Shell: Check File Exists or Not

last updated April 20, 2012 in BASH Shell

How do I test existence of a text file in bash running under Unix like operating systems?

Verify: SSL Certificate Under OpenSSL

last updated December 7, 2010 in UNIX

All UNIX / Linux applications linked against the OpenSSL libraries can verify certificates signed by a recognized certificate authority (CA). How do I verify SSL certificates using OpenSSL command line toolkit itself under UNIX like operating systems without using third party websites?

HowTo: Find Symlink under UNIX / Linux

last updated September 3, 2010 in Linux, UNIX

How do I find symlink(s) under UNIX and Linux operating systems?

HowTo: Make a Symbolic Link To /bin Directory

last updated July 24, 2012 in Linux, UNIX

How to make a symbolic link to /bin in /nas/users/foo directory?

nginx: Send HTTP User Agent Requests To Specific Backend Server

last updated July 16, 2010 in Nginx

I‘ve tons of images, css and javascript hosted at backend server IP 192.168.1.5 and 192.168.1.6. How do I make sure nginx reverse proxy load balancer always send all http_user_agent requests coming from “Mozilla” to server 192.168.1.5 and MSIE to server 192.168.1.6 only?