Learn Bash by writing a number guessing game
Learning a new programming language can be a fun exercise.
Using ‘if’ in a Bash script
Writing a short Bash script can save typing lots of instructions at the command line.
Parsing config files with Bash
Separating config files from code enables anyone to change their configurations without any special programming skills.
How to write your first article
Open source is for everyone! And at Both.org, we encourage everyone to share their open source journey.
Top 5 mistakes every new Linux terminal user makes
Avoid these comman mistakes, and find out how to become an expert in the terminal.
Programming Bash #8: Initialization and sanity testing
In previous articles of this series we created our first, very small, one-line Bash script. We also explored the reasons for creating shell scripts and...
Programming Bash #7: Bash Program Needs Help
So far in this series we created our first, very small, one-line Bash script. We also explored the reasons for creating shell scripts and why...
Programming Bash #6: Creating a template
In the previous article in this series we created our first, very small Bash script. We also explored the reasons for creating shell scripts and...
Programming Bash #5: Automation with Scripts
For sysadmins, those of us who run and manage Linux computers most closely, we have direct access to the tools that can help us work...
Programming Bash #4: Using Loops
The ability to iterate over a section of code using various types of loops is one of the most important tools we have for performing...
Programming Bash #3: Logical Operators
In this series of articles we are looking at Bash as a programming language. In the second article, we explored some simple command line programming...
Programming Bash #2: Getting Started
Bash as a programming language We have all used Bash to issue commands. They are usually fairly simple and straightforward. But Bash can go beyond...
Programming Bash #1 – Introducing a New Series
I use Bash all the time, in part because it is the default shell for most Linux distributions, including Fedora and CentOS, the ones I...