Linux Scripts

• Shell Scripts

• ASCII text files containing shell commands, data manipulation and environment settings
• Interpreted by a command shell (bash, sh, csh and tcsh, ksh, etc...)
• Uses typical commands and utilities available on the system, along with shell built-ins
• Each shell varies in its methods and built-in commands, but the basics remain very similar
• Designed to perform a set of commands and settings repeatedly and quickly
• Same commands used in shell scripts could easily be typed in from the command line, but script file acts like an intelligent batch file