Practical UNIX

Writing/Executing a Simple Script

You can begin by creating a very simple Bourne shell script that prints a simple message such as Hello World and then exits.

Executing a “Hello World” script

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First, you need to start a text editor (such as vi) so you can key in your script in a text file using the vi text editor. Call this file testscript: vi testscript If vi is not your preferred text editor, you may use any available text editor to create testscript or any shell script. Using a Word Processor to Create Your Script It is common to find Windows systems and UNIX in the same network. You can use a Windows Word Processor to edit your script and then upload it to UNIX. Just make sure that you save your script as a simple text file in MSDOS mode ...