Shell script

A series of shell or command-line commands that have been placed in a file. The commands are executed when the file is run. On Linux, depending on how the file permissions and paths are set up, the script can be run by entering the name of the file on the command line, just as any other Linux command. Shell scripts are often used to group together commands that would be cumbersome to type out repeatedly every time you wanted them executed, or set up a set of commands that should be executed every time you start up the system.

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