📅 2025-11-06 — Session: Developed and tested automation scripts for systemd services
🕒 17:00–17:25
🏷️ Labels: Systemd, Automation, Bash Scripting, Python, File Management
📂 Project: Dev
Session Goal
The primary goal of this session was to develop, test, and refine automation scripts for managing systemd services and handling file operations on a GNU Linux system.
Key Activities
- Executed shell commands to manage and inspect systemd unit and timer files.
- Developed Python scripts for parsing systemd files and handling directory file operations.
- Implemented a Python function to parse text sections, focusing on headers and key-value pairs.
- Reviewed and refined a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for handling PDF files with systemd.
- Executed bash scripts for file organization, including dry runs and system integration steps.
- Analyzed dry-run outputs and created a safe execution checklist for file triaging scripts.
- Utilized GNU find commands for managing PDF files, including moving files to a designated directory.
Achievements
- Successfully developed and tested scripts for systemd service management and file operations.
- Enhanced understanding of safe script execution and integration with systemd.
- Established robust procedures for file management and automation using bash and Python.
Pending Tasks
- Further refinement of automation scripts to handle additional edge cases and improve robustness.
- Integration of newly developed scripts into existing workflows for enhanced efficiency.