If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start.

Unlike shell scripts on Unix systems, batch files are run by typing their names without their extensions. So to run a batch file named mapdrive.bat, you would type only “mapdrive”.

Everything needed to use the same script with Linux and all varieties of UNIX is present: Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX have one subsection each. The first chapter is a quick tutorial of shell ...

The steps described above are manifest in the following six commands: $ mkdir scripts $ cd scripts $ touch script.sh $ echo 'echo hello-world' >> script.sh $ chmod -R 777 . $ ./script.sh hello-world ...

Simply put, a Shell Script is a program that is run by a UNIX/Linux shell. It is a file that contains a series of commands which are executed sequentially as if they were entered on the command line ...

The awk command is incredibly useful, and you will be surprised at just how powerful and transformative it will make your scripts. Here's how to get started using it.

I've tried Google, I've tried the search, and I can't find anything good on shell scripting in Windows NT/2000/XP. (Plenty on WSH scripting, but that's not what I want.)I'm trying to set up a ...