Ubuntu Unleashed 2019 Edition: Covering 18.04, 18.10, 19.04, 13th Edition

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CHAPTER 14 Automating Tasks and Shell Scripting

IN THIS CHAPTER

Scheduling Tasks

Basic Shell Control

Writing and Executing a Shell Script

References

This chapter covers ways to automate tasks on your system by using task schedulers. This chapter also provides an introduction to the basics of creating shell scripts, or executable text files written ...

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