In this quick tutorial on Shell Scripting, we will write a simple program to toss a coin. Basically, the output of our program should be either HEADS or TAILS (of course, randomly). To start with, the ...

With so many beginner-friendly shell scripting tutorials focused specifically on Bash, getting proficient at it is just a matter of finding a tutorial you like and getting your hands dirty writing ...

Another special variable that you might have encountered is the status variable, $?. In a script, this contains the return value of the most recently executed (external) command. This is where you ...

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.

Can anyone point me to a good shell script site with something that might work, or be modified to work? Anyone have suggestions otherwise?

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.

In this tutorial, I'm going to show you two of the ways that I use shell scripting in Automator services in order to simplify my work.

Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree… ...

Prof. Powershell To Write Better PowerShell Scripts, Let's Get Back to Basics Let me offer a few suggestions that will make your script writing easier, more productive and less buggy. By Jeffery Hicks ...