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Getting Started with Shell Scripting: Naming, Permissions, Variables, Builtins.
Concepts covered in this lesson:
  • Naming shell scripts and file extensions.
  • Shell script file permissions and the chmod command.
  • Shebangs
  • Comments
  • Variables
  • Quoting – single vs double quotes.
  • Shell Builtins including echo, type, and help.
  • Displaying information to the screen with the echo shell builtin.
  • Getting help on shell builtins by using the help builtin.
  • Getting help on Linux commands by using the man command.
  • The touch command.



Skills that you will get in this material