Bash Shell Scripting Quick-Start on Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa

January 10, 2016 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Linux Mint Shell Scripting Quick Start




Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Getting-Started Making and Running a Bash Shell Script for Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa GNU/Linux.

The Key to Bash Shell Scripts is the ability to enter Multiple Commands and process the results from each command, even possibly passing the results of one
command to another. The Bash Shell allows you to Chain Commands together into a single step.

The Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is the Default Shell environment for most GNU/Linux system.

To Edit & Save our Bash Shell Script we’ll make Use of the Default GNU/Linux Shell Editor nano.

How to Quick Start with Bash Shell Scripting on Mint Linux - Featured
  1. Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    How to Quick Start with Bash Shell Scripting on Mint Linux - Open Terminal
  2. Editing a Bash Script on Home Directory with nano
    First, we Change to our Home with

    cd ~

    Then we Make the Bash Script with

    nano mybashscript.sh

    To be Runnable directly as a Shell Script we append a Bash Shebang to the Top like

    #!/bin/bash

    Then for Testing the Execution we should Insert a classic Hello-Word greating

    echo 'Hello World'

    The ‘echo‘ Command simply Output a String on Terminal
    So finally our simple Bash Script will be containing just

    #!/bin/bash
    date
    echo 'Hello World!'
    echo 'From a Bash Shell Script :)'
    

    The Sequence of Bash Commands must be a Stack of sigle Commands

    myBashCommand1
    myBashCommand2
    ...
    

    Or simply in a Line of Commands Divided by a ‘;’ SemiColon

    myBashCommand1 ; myBashCommand2 ...

    Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor

  3. Executing the Hello-World Bash Script
    We Need to give the Execution Permissions with

    chmod +x ./mybashscript.sh

    Then to Run our little Bash Script simply

    ./mybashscript.sh

    You’ll be nicely greeted on Shell with something like

    Sun Jan 10 10:31:26 PST 2016
    Hello World!
    From a Bash Shell Script :)
    

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