Any command you run on the Linux command line can be run in a script provided it’s compatible with the specified shell. Use your favorite text editor and type in your commands.

I'm looking for info on using "if" with errorlevels but I may be using the wrong term because I keep coming up with nt shell scripting info.So here is what I want to do...I want to run "ls" on an ...

Basics of Linux Shell Scripting Understanding the Linux CLI. The command-line interface (CLI) is the cornerstone of interacting with the Linux operating system. It allows users to enter commands ...

Bash scripting commands are as varied as the command set that Unix's terminal has. Bash commands can also use parameters, ...

Linux takes the alternative route, which means you have thousands of smaller programs that are really good at doing one thing. To do major things, you have to create shell scripts that combine many of ...

You need to package up a bunch of files, send them somewhere, and do something with them at the destination. It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to create an archive — … ...

This article is reprinted from the book A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming 3rd edition, with permission of the author and publisher Prentice Hall, copyright 2012 ...