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 ...

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 ...

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script.

Sometimes you don’t want binary characters cluttering up your shell script. Maybe you want to e-mail the script and you are afraid of what the various mail systems in the path might do to your data.

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t pres… ...

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