Tutorial Series
An Introduction to Shell Scripting
Introduction
This series covers all of the basics of writing shell scripts. It begins by introducing the reader to shell scripting and takes them all the way up to writing conditional statements.
Series Tutorials
Tutorial
How To Write a Simple Shell Script on a VPS
Published on August 9, 2013
This tutorial is aimed at teaching you how to write shell scripts for the most variety of purposes. Shell scripts can be used to run multiple commands, a single command with difficult and extensive arguments, or more user friendly interfaces for distributing your work.
Tutorial
How To Write a Simple Shell Script on a VPS (Part 2)
Published on September 19, 2013
The second part of this tutorial will teach you more basic commands for shell scripts on a VPS. They are responsible for both displaying and gathering information to and from the user.
Tutorial
How To Write a Simple Shell Script on a VPS (Part 3)
Published on October 1, 2013
In the third part of our Shell Script tutorial, you’ll learn all the “if’s” and “else’s” of bash, and how to use them to your advantage. Conditional statements are indispensable to any useful scripting and full-featured programming language.
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