The cron system is a form of automation that puts something on a schedule. That "something" could be many different things. You can make your computer do what you want it to
The wget command downloads files from the Internet. Unlike downloading files from a graphical window in your web browser, this Linux utility is designed to be non-interactive
The logrotate utility is excellent at managing logs. It rotates, compresses, and mails system logs. This cheat sheet contains configuration options and a handy example. Keep
YAML is a simple but robust data serialization language. It achieves high flexibility with just two data structures: sequences (a list) and mappings (key and value pairs). If
Use the watch command to let you know when a task has been completed or a command has been executed. It's useful for many ad-hoc system administration tasks where you need to