Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree ...

However, you can easily create a shell script that contains a file — even an archive of many files — and then retrieve the file and act on it at run time.

Ways of Creating a Simple Shell Script in Linux. Creating a simple shell script in Linux is very easy. You can do that using multiple text editors. This tutorial will show how to create a shell script ...

After the shell script is written, it is made usable by changing its file status to "executable" with the change mode command (see chmod).

I had a simple shell script that I could call directly from within Vim itself to perform those steps. This same approach is still viable on Mac OS X, but I wanted to explore a more Mac-native ...