If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start.

Shell scripting is one of those skills that are absolutely invaluable on especially UNIX and BSD-based systems like the BSDs, the two zillion Linux distributions as well as MacOS.

Shell scripting will make Linux administration a breeze. The Conclusion In this article, you have learned to create a simple Shell script. Now you can create your own scripts in Linux following the ...

Check out the Shell Style Guide on GitHub to get started. Also, Apple has a document on shell script security that's also well worth a read. Be careful out there! A little extra time making sure your ...

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”.

It's not hard to create and run a shell script in Linux distros like Ubuntu, but there are a few non-obvious pitfalls you need to avoid. Here's a quick example of how to execute a script in Linux.