Category Archives: Shell scripting

The previous article on shell scripting of prefix commands introduced the subject, introduced some pre-defined prefix commands and then showed how to write a basic prefix command using the sleep-before command as an example. This article continues in the same … Continue reading →

Prefix commands are a seriously useful concept in shell scripting. These are commands that you put before another command to modify its behaviour. The Bourne shell (sh) and Bash shells (bash) have several prefix commands built in, which I’ll cover … Continue reading →

Shell scripting is a powerful way of automating tasks. In these tutorials I refer to shell scripting to mean using the Bourne Shell (sh) or Bourne-Again Shell (bash) in a Unix (e.g. Linux) environment. However, I also use these scripts … Continue reading →