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3 Bash scripting techniques every Linux user should know

Have you been thinking about biting the bullet and learning Bash scripting? Or perhaps you're like me, and you're always looking for ways to improve. I have three tips that will improve every Bash ...
Ars Technica

passing arguments to a bash script - white spaces

Either quoting the string with spaces ("program files/razor") or escaping the space (program\ files/razor) will get the argument to the script intact (as $3). You don't want to do both.<BR><BR>The ...
Network World

Learning to script on Linux using bash

Here are some basic skills to get started with bash, one of the best shells for preparing and using scripts on Linux. Scripting in Linux–putting commands into a file so you can run them as a group—is ...
Linux Journal

Working with Command Arguments

In this article, I want to cover a more fundamental aspect of shell scripting: working with command arguments. I suspect that most shell scripts go through an evolution with their command flags, ...
Linux Journal

Developing Console Applications with Bash

Bring the power of the Linux command line into your application development process. As a novice software developer, the one thing I look for when choosing a programming language is this: is there a ...