The latest version of Automator (in OS X 10.5 Leopard) has several handy new features. Among the most useful: variables and looping. Unfortunately, unless you’re an experienced scripter, they’re also ...

[user@host ~]$ echo $(echo test) test [user@host ~]$ myhomedirsize=$(du -hs ~) [user@host ~]$ echo $myhomedirsize 33K /home/user I think the main reason is that it is ...

I'm about to ask a possibly stupid question, but I'm curious about naming the counter variable in a loop. In the example below, even a variable named "i" does the trick, but more complex situations ...

Anyone can automate tasks in Excel if they know how to use Visual Basic for Applications. Excel has long been one of Microsoft's most popular software products, and for good reason: it allows everyday ...