© David Both 2020
D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5455-4_9

9. Command-Line Programming

David Both1 
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn
  • A definition for command-line programs

  • To create Bash command-line programs

  • To use logical comparisons to alter the execution path of command-line programs

  • To use “for” loops to iterate over a code segment a specified list of items

  • To use “while” and “until” to loop over a portion of code a specified number of times.

Introduction

We have already used command-line programs in earlier chapters of this course. Those were all fairly simple and straightforward with simple requirements. There are many times when SysAdmins create simple command-line programs ...

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