Recently I found the need to create an init.d script for a java app and since I had a hard time finding an example, I came up with this vim /usr/local/bin/myAPP-stop.sh vim /usr/local/bin/myAPP-start.sh vim /etc/init.d/myAPP chmod +x /usr/local/bin/myAPP-start.sh /usr/local/bin/myAPP-stop.sh /etc/init.d/myAPP update-rc.d myAPP defaults This script work perfectly under Ubuntu 12.04, but it should apply to ot ...

If you want to restart your modem and need to automate this process like I needed to, here is a script that connect via telnet and reboot your modem. Modem type: THOMSON ST605 #!/usr/bin/expect -f set timeout 20 # router user name set name "Administrator" # router password set pass "PassWord" # router IP address set routerip "X.X.X.X" # Read command as arg to this script #set routercmd [lindex $argv 0] set ...