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Bash shell scripting tutorial: IntroductionHere is Where the Fun Begins With the thousands of commands available to the command line user, how can we remember them all? The answer …

Writing Our First Script and Getting It to Work To successfully write a shell script, we have to do three things: Write a script Give the shell permission to execute it Put it somewhere the shell …

Navigation In this lesson, we will introduce our first three commands: pwd (print working directory), cd (change directory), and ls (list files and directories). Those new to the command …

In this tutorial, we look at various kinds of commands (executables, builtins, functions, and aliases) and how to find docuementation

Adventures with the Linux Command Line by William Shotts First Internet Edition Available Now! In this 250+ page sequel/suplement to The Linux Command Line we'll look at even more cool …

Introduction to Learning the ShellWhy Bother? Why do you need to learn the command line anyway? Well, let me tell you a story. Many years ago we had a problem where I worked. …

tput While our command line environment is certainly powerful, it can be be somewhat lacking when it comes to visual appeal. Our terminals cannot create the rich environment of the …

In this tutorial, we look at the directories found in a Linux system and examine their contents

Here Scripts Beginning with this lesson, we will construct a useful application. This application will produce an HTML document that contains information about our system. As we construct our …