Shell Scripts Documentation

This repository contains various shell scripts for managing media-related tasks.

Available Scripts

• Backup Media Script: Documentation for the backup-media.sh script.
• plex.sh: Script to manage the Plex Media Server (start, stop, restart, status).
• backup-plex.sh: Script to back up Plex Media Server databases and related files.
• folder-metrics.sh: Script to calculate disk usage and file count for a directory and its subdirectories.

Documentation

• Plex Backup Script Documentation: Detailed documentation for the backup-plex.sh script.
• Plex Management Script Documentation: Detailed documentation for the plex.sh script.
• Folder Metrics Script Documentation: Detailed documentation for the folder-metrics.sh script.

plex.sh

This script is used to manage the Plex Media Server service on a systemd-based Linux distribution. It provides the following functionalities:

• start: Starts the Plex Media Server.
• stop: Stops the Plex Media Server.
• restart: Restarts the Plex Media Server.
• status: Displays the current status of the Plex Media Server.

Usage

Note that these commands will run as root.

./shell/plex.sh {start|stop|restart|status}