It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t pres… ...

Bash is a great scripting language for one primary reason: I can log into any Linux box and my entire IDE is at my fingertips as long as my shell is set to /bin/bash. Oh sure, it’s not python ...

Shell Scripting is defined as an open-source program that’s run by Linux or Unix shell. Through shell scripting, you can write commands to be executed by the shell. Lengthy and repetitive commands are ...