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 ...

In this post, we look at scripting basics—at how to get started if you have never built a script before. Identifying the shell Unix and Linux systems today have a number of shells that you can use.

It's the name of the script or program invoked. This can be quite helpful, because it means you can add multiple commands to your Linux shell with a single shared script base. Let's say that you want ...

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’s easy enough to find out the basic execution sequence using strace after you run an executable shell script with said shebang in place.

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