In this chapter, we will introduce the following topics:
- Creating a lame utility HTTP server
- Parsing RSS feeds and output HTML
- Scraping the web and collecting files
- Making a simple IRC chat bot logger
- Blocking IP addresses from failed SSH attempts
- Playing and managing audio from Bash
- Creating a simple NAT and DMZ firewall
- Parsing a GitHub project and generate a report
- Creating a poor man's incremental remote backup
- Using Bash scripts to monitor udev input
- Using Bash to monitor battery life and optimize it
- Using chroot and Restricted Bash shells to secure scripts
