Bash shell is the default shell in most Linux distributions and substitute for the Sh shell (the Sh shell will also run in the Bash shell). The Bash shell can execute the vast majority of Sh shell …

Oct 27, 2021 · $ command one && command two the intent is to execute the command that follows the && only if the first command is successful. This is idiomatic of Posix shells, and not …

399 What is the difference between =, == and -eq in shell scripting? Is there any difference between the following?

How do I get the path of the directory in which a Bash script is located, inside that script? I want to use a Bash script as a launcher for another application. I want to change the working directo...

How is it possible to change the default shell? The env command currently says: SHELL=/bin/tcsh and I want to change that to Bash.

To combine stderr and stdout into the stdout stream, we append this to a command: 2>&1 For example, the following command shows the first few errors from compiling main.cpp: g++ …

Sep 25, 2009 · You can switch your system to using bash. On Ubuntu, /bin/sh is a symbolic link to dash. You can make it a symbolic link to bash instead.To change it, run sudo dpkg-reconfigure …

This must either be really simple or really complex, but I couldn't find anything about it... I am trying to open a new bash instance, then run a few commands inside it, and give the control …

Feb 10, 2010 · How do I compare a variable to a string (and do something if they match)?

Jan 13, 2010 · No, they are not the same, and yes, linux shell programming books should have significant portions or be entirely about bash scripting. Ubuntu is a distribution of linux which …