This article aims to explore these scripting languages, offering practical examples and guidance to harness their potential effectively. Bash (Bourne Again SHell) is the default shell on most Linux ...

Imagine that you want to output multiple lines of text in Bash, or any shell script. Maybe it’s for ... out that the “EOF” string in the above examples marks the beginning and end of the ...

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just ... but we still use the older ways. For example: Don’t think bash is a programming language? It has arrays, loops ...

Dive into the world of Linux shell scripting with this hands-on guide. If you’re comfortable using the command line on Unix or Linux but haven’t fully explored Bash, this book is for you.

Just create a file, change the extension to .bat, and either call the script in PowerShell or double click to execute it. Windows users are spoiled. Linux users can create and run shell scripts too, ...

This article is reprinted from the book A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming 3rd edition, with permission of the author and publisher ...