Dive into the world of Linux shell scripting with this ... or PHP who want to make the most of shell scripting. This isn’t just another theory-heavy book—you’ll learn by doing.

It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to create an archive — a zip or tar file, maybe — and include a shell script that you have to tell the user to run after unpacking.

Imagine that you want to output multiple lines of text in Bash, or any shell script. Maybe it’s for a help string for a particularly convoluted shell script you’re writing. You could have a ...