Category Archives: Shell Script

Bash Scripting for Ubuntu: Episode 3

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Wolf Halton

Welcome to Episode 3 This episode is mostly about variables, which are names for places in memory where you will store values. Values can be strings of characters or numbers. Bash doesn’t require you to choose which type of value … Continue reading →

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Bash Scripting for Ubuntu: Episode 2

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Wolf Halton

This is episode 2 of a serialized article It was started to explain certain features of the bash shell scripting language. I will be posting it across several weeks as time permits.  please feel free to ask questions and we … Continue reading →

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Bash Scripting for Ubuntu: Episode 1

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Wolf Halton

“…If you are in the habit of starting sessions as root, this is a marvelous time to break that dangerous habit. In Ubuntu or Debian Linux distributions, you rarely see the root symbol as they use the sudo command to act as pseudo-root for just as long as you need to….” Continue reading →

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