Shell Scripting Basics

shell script  shell script A shell script is a text file that contains a sequence of commands for a UNIX-based operating system It is called a shell script because it Bash, short for Bourne-Again SHell, is a shell program and command language supported by the Free Software Foundation and first developed for the GNU

Our first shell script · Run nano · nano should open up and present an empty file for you to work in · Then press Ctrl-X on your keyboard to Exit nano A bash script is a series of commands written in a file These are read and executed by the bash program The program executes line by line

Use set to set shell options so that calling your script as bash script_name does not break its functionality Restricting all executable shell scripts to bash Learn how to execute a shell script in Linux: There are three steps First, create a script Second, set up executable permission and third