Simply put, a Shell Script is a program that is run by a UNIX/Linux shell. It is a file that contains a series of commands which are executed sequentially as if they were entered on the command line ...

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… ...

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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 ...

Everything needed to use the same script with Linux and all varieties of UNIX is present: Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX have one subsection each. The first chapter is a quick tutorial of shell ...

I'm looking for info on using "if" with errorlevels but I may be using the wrong term because I keep coming up with nt shell scripting info.So here is what I want to do...I want to run "ls" on an ...

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script.

Are you doing too much typing in your daily Linux work? Find it difficult to remember complex commands? You'll want to use Linux aliases. Find out how they work and see some useful examples.