PowerShell is available for Linux, allowing you to run cross-platform commands and scripts with object-oriented features. Installing PowerShell on Linux depends on the distro used, with Microsoft ...

Simply put, a Shell Script is a program that is run by a UNIX/Linux shell. It is a file that contains a series of commands which are executed sequentially as if they were entered on the command line ...

At times, we need to write shell scripts that are interactive and user executing them need to monitor the progress. For such requirements, we can implement a simple progress bar that gives an idea ...

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script.

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t pres… ...