This is not meant to be an extensive guide to bash scripting, but just a straightforward guide to getting started with making your first script, and learning some basic bash syntax. Scripts are used to run a series of commands.īash is available by default on Linux and macOS operating systems. Any command that you can run from the command line can be used in a bash script. It might seem extremely scary the first time you do it, but hopefully this guide will help ease the fear.īash is a Unix shell, which is a command line interface (CLI) for interacting with an operating system (OS). Bash scripting is an extremely useful and powerful part of system administration and development.
