It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t pres… ...

Do you want to create a Shell script in your Linux system? This guide will take you through how to create a shell script using multiple text editors, how to add comments, and how to use Shell ...

Shell scripting is one of those skills that are absolutely invaluable on especially UNIX and BSD-based systems like the BSDs, the two zillion Linux distributions as well as MacOS. Yet not every ...

Many Linux-based machines run Bash as their standard scripting engine, but some distributions, like Alpine and Debian, don't. Testing your script with other shells can help with portability.

Linux Shell Scripting: A Project-Based Approach to Learning Shell scripts are among the most powerful tools available for all Linux users and likely the most flexible, too.

Shell scripting, via the provided sh-compatible shell and attendant utilities, is flexible and quick when some local intelligence is needed—for example, reacting to the push of a doorbell by snapping ...

I wasn't a developer when I first started using Linux many moons ago. I dabbled in Python and wrote plenty of Bash scripts, ...

Shell Scripting A Simple Shell Script #!/bin/bash clear echo "Hello world!" The first line tells the operating system what shell to use to interpret the script and the location of the shell. We need ...

Developing scripts to handle your more complicated tasks can make your efforts on the Linux command line considerably easier and more reliable – at least once the scripts are written and tested.

If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start.