A Quick Tutorial on Bash Scripts
November 26, 2024•108 words
Bash scripts, if properly written, can be extremely convenient and efficient for automating repetitive tasks, while making your code more reproducible. For example, with a bash script, you no longer to manually input the same command line arguments each time, nor do you need to keep a record of all the command line arguments used.
Here is an awesome online tutorial for Bash scripting is written by Ryan. It is super user-friendly and provides an excellent introduction to Bash. I finished the tutorial in a day back in 2023 and it has benefited me ever since.
The same author also made a short cheatsheet for bash available here.