Unix Third Edition: Visual Quickstart Guide

Chapter 10. Writing Basic Scripts

Chapter Contents

Creating shell scripts Running shell scripts Making scripts executable Getting a head start on creating scripts Embedding commands in scripts Looping scripts Creating if-then statements Accepting command-line input Accepting command-line input while a script is running Debugging scripts

So far in this book, you’ve been typing in commands (or perhaps combining commands), pressing , then waiting for Unix to execute the command(s) you specified...and typing in commands, pressing , and waiting for Unix... ...