Unlike shell scripts on Unix systems, batch files are run by typing their names without their extensions. So to run a batch file named mapdrive.bat, you would type only “mapdrive”.

Command-line essentials When you ssh into a Unix-like system, the system looks up your user account information and spawns a new shell process based on your preferences. This shell process is then ...

The most arcane shell commands and options are explained with plenty of examples. “Here” documents, a way to feed input to a script or command within the script itself, are explained thoroughly.

What you’ll learn: The basics of interacting with computers using the Unix shell (a.k.a. the command line), which is a foundational skill for all other technical computing. You’ll learn how to ...

A shell script is a list of commands that are read by the shell and executed in order. Shell scripts also support some programming language fundamentals, such as variables, flow control and data ...