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Update README.md with resources (links) to get basic knowledge about shell scripting to automate tasks in Linux.
Focus on the quality and relevance of those resources.

Considering there are two different display devices connected to each other, the task is to swap all the windows open on the primary display with all windows opened on the secondary display.

Thoughts on how this can be done:

• Identify all windows opened on display 1 (there must be some command for this).Store their reference in a variable.
• Identify all windows opened on display 2 (there must be some command for this). Store their reference in a variable.
• Run command for each opened window switching their display window. You know where to send each one with above steps. (Note: There are hotkeys like Win + left/right arrow, so a command exists too)
• Attach the script to run on a hotkey (i.e combination of keys).

The current implementation of taskKiller.sh kills some process which were observed to be memory hogging and were redundant as well. Thus it was an easy solution.

Can you write a separate script which can monitor tasks (between a startup and shutdown) which are memory hogging and keep a record in a file. The aim to to generate an analysis of your background tasks over many system runs, so that it is easier for you to decide which are those tasks which are memory hogging and redundant. They can be added to taskKiller.sh for automatic killing of those task.

Note:

Be careful while killing unknown task. Some task are essentially required for system to function and upon killing will make a system crash state. There won't be any permanent risk but unsaved data can be lost.

Every-time our college LAN goes down, all our frustrated engineers starts to panic even more.

Aim is to switch to a working IP (iteration over available IP(s) and a ping success could be one solution)
or check real fast and tell them that it's actually gone. (no available IP with successful ping).

Bonus points:
Can you write steps for automatic detection and execution of this scripts.
What about the most efficient solution with best latency?

All the scripts in this repository are used to automate some manual tasks. They can be run in any terminal to execute those tasks.
Part of automation is placing the scripts at right places in Linux directory so that it can be automatically executed by Linux when some specific actions are achieved.

The aim of this issue is to add description in README.md, describing the process to place these scripts.
Eg: taskkiller.sh needs to be executed on system startup. Write a description about the process to place the script and add it as a startup task.

(Same can be done for other new scripts too).