Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial (LSST) Version 1.05, Aug. – 2001 Written By Vivek G. Gite I N D E X Quick Introduction to Linux What Linux is? • Who developed the Linux …

This tutorial is designed for beginners only and explains the basics of shell programming by showing some examples of shell programs. Its not help or manual for the shell. While reading this tutorial you can find manual quite useful (type man bash at $ prompt to see manual pages). Manual contains all necessary information you need, but it won’t have that much examples, which makes idea more clear. For that reason, this tutorial contains examples rather than all the features of shell. I assumes you have at least working knowledge of Linux i.e. basic commands like how to create, copy, remove files/directories etc or how to use editor like vi or mcedit and login to your system. How to Install Linux. My next article is totally dedicated to Linux Installation (using Red Hat Linux 6.x and 7.x) for Beginners (Also LIPS Ver. b1.0) , Which is suppose to be release at the end of Oct- 2001. Or you can use Red Hat Linux Installation guide, which comes with Red Hat Linux. (Search the web for more information on Linux Installation using http://google.com). Where I can use Linux? You can use Linux as Server Os or as stand alone Os on your PC. (But it is best suited for Server.) As a server Os it provides different services/network resources to client. Server Os must be Stable • Robust • Secure • High Performance • Linux offers this features (Plus its Open Source and Free OS). So Linux can be used as 1) On stand alone workstation/PC for word processing, graphics, software development, internet, e-mail, chatting, small personal database management system etc. 2) In network environment as (A) File and Print or Application Server Share the data, Connect the expensive device like printer and share it, e-mail within the lan/intranet etc are some…

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