Linux Essentials for Cybersecurity

Chapter 15Scripting

Imagine you find yourself typing the same set of commands daily (or maybe even multiple times per day). After doing this over and over, day after day, you will likely begin to ask yourself, “Is there another way?”

Some folks turn to the history list to make this easier. Recall from Chapter 2, “Working on the Command Line,” that you can re-execute previous commands either by pressing the up-arrow key until you see the correct command or by typing !cmd, replacing cmd with the command you want to execute. Sometimes this solution works, but history lists can change, and pressing the up-arrow key 75 times to get to a specific command presents a level of frustration in itself.

This is where scripting makes more sense. Scripting ...