The first chapter is a quick tutorial of shell scripting and a summary of all the techniques discussed later. The second one goes head first into deep scripting mode, setting the pace for the whole ...

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”.

If you have an application or shell script in the current folder, you can't simply type the name of the command and expect it to start. You'll need to add a ./ to the beginning of the command in ...