Create Linux Shell Script: Simple Guide

To create a shell script file on Linux, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the terminal.
2. the shell script named myscript.sh

$ nano myscript.sh

1. Add shell script code to the file. For example, here is a simple example:

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

1. Save and close the file.
2. Add executable permission to the script file.

$ chmod +x myscript.sh

1. Execute script:

$ ./myscript.sh

Your Shell script will be executed and will print “Hello, World!” on the terminal.

Please note that the first line of a Shell script file #!/bin/bash is a shebang, used to specify the Shell interpreter that the script will use. Bash is the default Shell interpreter on most Linux systems.