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.

A program (binary, or executable) is a file on disk somewhere, in a recognized format. Common formats include ELF on Linux, ...

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.

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 ...

Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree… ...

CompTIA Linux+ is a vendor-neutral certification that validates the skills to automate administration tasks and streamline ...

Semantics-driven static analysis is being proposed by a group of researchers as way to ensure that Unix, Linux, and macOS shell programs are safe, bug-free, and work as expected. However, the ...

2nd course in the Advanced Embedded Linux Development .Instructor: Dan WalkesThis course provides an introduction to Kernel programming for the Linux operating system, and the development of Linux ...

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 ...