Bash Scripting for Human Beings

Bash is ugly. The syntax is archaic. Whitespace matters in ways that make no sense. But it is the glue that holds the computing universe together.

Basic Syntax

#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello, World"

Variables

Remember: no spaces around the equals sign!

NAME="User"
echo "Hello, $NAME"

Loops

for i in {1..5}
do
   echo "Iteration $i"
done

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