Learning Linux(6): Programming with shell

 

shell program file must start with "#! /bin/bash",  which means the program that will execute this file.

 

'#'  is the beginning of a commented line in shell program.

 

After creating the file, we must use the command:  'chmod u+x <filename> '  to change the program file into executable file.

 

 

About the quote:

 

$VAR_NAME works fine in double quote (" "), but not in single quotes (' ');

 

 

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1. use “$#” to get the the number of parameter passed

2. $1, $2, $3..... represent the first, the second, the third.... parameter value.

3. $*: list all parameters with the seperation of IFS

4. use return 0 or return 1; in the function to return a value.

5. : runs faster than true, because it is a build-in command

6. use unset to delete variables.

7. Use double quotes to specify name pattern when using find command