Computer Science Department, Bucknell University

Simple Linux Shell Scripts
CSCI 479 Fall 2009
Professor Dan Hyde

A Linux shell script is a file with one-command line command per line. Assume the file script1 contains the following:
    # shell script to compile and run a java program

    javac TempConversion2.java
    java TempConversion2
To execute the script, type
     sh script1

Good Reference Book: The Unix C Shell Field Guide by Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson, Prentice Hall, 1986, paperback.


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