A shell script contains a sequence of commands for a UNIX-based operating system. It's called a shell script because it combines into a 'script' in a single file a sequence of commands that would otherwise have to be presented to the system from a keyboard one at a time.Thus , a very useful tool in automating tasks in Linux OSes. All scripts can be run without the need of compiling it, so the user will have a way of prototyping commands seamlessly.The bash (Bourne-Again Shell) is the default shell in most of the Linux distributions and OS X. It was developed by Brian Fox and was released in 1989.Every Linux script starts with a shebang (#!) line. The bang line specifies the full path /bin/bash of the command interpreter that will be used to run the script. - Study24x7
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A shell script contains a sequence of commands for a UNIX-based operating system. It's called a shell script because it combines into a "script" in a single file a sequence of commands that would otherwise have to be presented to the system from a keyboard one at a time.Thus , a ...

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