Shell scripting is a file which
contains the list of commands for executing. What is Shell? Shell is
special program or application provided for the user interaction.
There are different kinds of shells in
Unix/Linux, they are
- Sh: Bourne Shell
- Csh: C Shell
- Ksh: Korn Shell
- Bash: Bourne again Shell.. etc
Some of the advantages of the shell
scripting are,
- Automation of tasks such as backups,log monitoring etc
- To do repetition of of tasks
- Save lots of time..
Unix/Linux Shell scripting also
containg the functions, control statements,loops like other
programming languages C, C++...
