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

Unlike shell scripts on Unix systems, batch files are run by typing their names without their extensions. So to run a batch file named mapdrive.bat, you would type only “mapdrive”.

Step-by-step shell script execution Follow these steps to create and run a shell script of your own from your Ubuntu home directory: Create a directory to store your shell script Create a file in your ...