Shell scripting essentially forms the nuts and bolts of a Unix-like system. Bash shell scripting is relatively easy to learn, and it can be surprisingly powerful.

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… ...

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. Yet not every ...

I am writing a script and I have hit a road block that I would like to get some input on. Here is what I have so far: #!/bin/bash #set -x ...

Shell scripts also support some programming language fundamentals, such as variables, flow control and data structures. Shell scripts can be very useful for batch jobs that will be run often and ...

Here are some steps you can take to ensure that your bash scripts work as intended and are easy to update.

Most people tend to encounter shell scripts as attempts to write portable utilities that run properly on most, if not all, UNIX workalikes. Instead of making the best use of the shell and related ...

Shell programming is fun. But so is Python. People with the background of C, or most importantly people who use windows won’t agree. People often tend to prefer using a graphical based interface ...

The popular Linux and Unix shell has a serious security problem that means real trouble for many web servers. Fortunately, a patch -- as source code -- is available.