Linux for Developers: Jumpstart Your Linux Programming Skills

8. BASH Shell Scripting

The primary benefit of BASH scripting is that you can use everything that is available in the BASH shell within a BASH script. Because your Linux distribution has hundreds (maybe even thousands) of commands, each of which can be used in a BASH script, BASH shell scripting can be a very powerful tool.

This chapter focuses on providing you a firm understanding of how to write basic BASH scripts as well as introducing you to some of the more advanced features.

Basics of BASH Scripting

To an extent, you already know many of the basics of BASH scripting because you have already learned many features of the BASH shell in this book. For example, you learned about shell variables in Chapter 4, “Essential Commands.” Shell variables ...