Learn Linux Shell Scripting - Fundamentals of Bash 4.4

Choosing the Right Tools

This chapter will introduce some tools that will help us when we're writing Bash scripts. We will focus on two types of tools: GUI-based editors (Atom and Notepad++) and Terminal-based editors (Vim and nano). We will describe the tools and how to use them, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to use both GUI- and Terminal-based editors together for the best results.

The following commands will be introduced in this chapter: vim, nano, and ls.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Using graphical editors for shell scripting
• Using command-line editors for shell scripting
• Combining graphical editors with command-line editors when writing shell scripts