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Learn Linux Shell Scripting - Fundamentals of Bash 4.4
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Learn Linux Shell Scripting - Fundamentals of Bash 4.4

by Sebastiaan Tammer
December 2018
Beginner
452 pages
12h 17m
English
Packt Publishing
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Basic input

At a very basic level, everything that you put on the command line right after calling the script can be used as input. However, it is up to the script to use it! For example, consider the following situation:

reader@ubuntu:~/scripts/chapter_08$ lshello-int.sh hello-world-variable.sh name.sh variable-naming-proper.sh variable-naming.shreader@ubuntu:~/scripts/chapter_08$ bash name.sh There once was a guy named Sebastiaan. Sebastiaan enjoyed Linux and Bash so much that he wrote a book about it! Sebastiaan really hopes everyone enjoys his book.reader@ubuntu:~/scripts/chapter_08$ bash name.sh SanneThere once was a guy named Sebastiaan. Sebastiaan enjoyed Linux and Bash so much that he wrote a book about it! Sebastiaan really hopes ...
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