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Bash Scripting CentOS

Using TRAP to handle interrupts within your BASH script

Having driven ourselves loopy for a few lessons now we have to handle interruptions. Making a script robust may include ensuring that certain activities always happen before the script closes; or perhaps, ensuring that only…

The Urban PenguinApril 16, 2013

Bash Scripting CentOS

FOR loops in BASH

The last looping structure we look at is the FOR loop. This is often used to enumerate through a list of items such as in the following code: for U in(bob joe fred) do useradd…

The Urban PenguinApril 16, 2013

Bash Scripting CentOS

WHILE loops in BASH

Looping in any scripting environment will be useful and fun, helping us with those repetitive tasks that we hate. There are many forms of loops and in this tutorial, we take our first look at…

The Urban PenguinApril 15, 2013

Bash Scripting CentOS

UNTIL loops in BASH

Looping in any scripting environment will be useful and fun. There are many forms of loops and in this tutorial we look at UNTIL loops. These loops are very similar to WHILE loops but we…

The Urban PenguinApril 15, 2013

Bash Scripting CentOS

Case Statements in BASH

More Conditions Than ELIF Likes This lesson looks at using BASH case statements. The if statement in BASH is adequate for testing a few conditions. Adding each conditional test becomes cumbersome, though, when it needs…

The Urban PenguinApril 15, 2013

Bash Scripting

Extending the BASH If Statement

Using BASH IF Statements Within the last lesson where we looked at using code snippets, we saw the use of a simple if statement. Although we will find IF statements useful by themselves they are…

The Urban PenguinApril 12, 2013

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Using TRAP to handle interrupts within your BASH script

FOR loops in BASH

WHILE loops in BASH

UNTIL loops in BASH

Case Statements in BASH

Extending the BASH If Statement

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Using TRAP to handle interrupts within your BASH script

FOR loops in BASH

WHILE loops in BASH

UNTIL loops in BASH

Case Statements in BASH

Extending the BASH If Statement

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