cristian radulescu

How to create a simple shell script

Here is a simple example of creating and running (executing) a shell script. This script will display the numbers from 1 to 10.

Creating the script:

• With any text editor (Gedit for Gnome, Kate for KDE, nano):

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  #/bin/bash for ((i = 1; i <= 10; i ++)) do echo $i done

• Save it as myscript.sh.

Setting the execution rights:

Open a console, go to the directory where the script was saved and type:

chmod +x myscript.sh

Running the script:

• In the console type:

  ./script.sh

  or

  sh script.sh

  The result should be like this:

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Tags: linux script, Programming, shell script