A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by a Unix shell, a command-line interpreter. The various dialects of shell scripts are considered...
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execution of commands from files, known as shell scripts, facilitating automation. In keeping with Unix shell conventions, Bash incorporates a rich set...
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to automating shells in operating systems, and languages were relatively simple. Today, scripting is more pervasive and some scripting languages include...
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command language and a scripting language, and is used by the operating system to control the execution of the system using shell scripts. Users typically interact...
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Shebang (Unix) (section Unnamed shell script feature)
cannot itself be a script. Some typical shebang lines: #! /bin/sh – Execute the file using the Bourne shell, or a compatible shell, assumed to be in the...
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interactive use and a script interpreter for automation via a language defined for it. Originally only for Windows, known as Windows PowerShell, it was made open-source...
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Zenity (section POSIX shell script example)
program that allows the execution of GTK dialog boxes in command-line and shell scripts. Like tools such as whiptail and dialog, Zenity allows easy creation...
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shc is a shell script compiler for Unix-like operating systems written in the C programming language. The Shell Script Compiler (SHC) encodes and encrypts...
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historically BSD-based systems had many scripts written in csh. As the basis of POSIX sh syntax, Bourne shell scripts can typically be run with Bash or dash...
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installing a package on a Unix or Unix-like environment, a configure script is a shell script that generates build configuration files for a codebase to facilitate...
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bone script is 甲骨文 (jiǎgǔwén 'shell and bone script'), which is an abbreviation of 龜甲獸骨文字 (guījiǎ shòugǔ wénzì 'turtle-shell and animal-bone script'). This...
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the shell prompt for missing values will allow the author of a script, command or function to mark a parameter as mandatory instead of creating script code...
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like bash, tcsh, and zsh. Runs most shell scripts compatible with the Bourne shell. Note that under Linux, most scripts seem to use at least some bash-specific...
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Command-line interface (redirect from Command-line shell)
command line. PowerShell provides a command-line interface, but its applets are not written in Shell script. Implementations of the Unix shell are also available...
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Here document (redirect from Here script)
programming language (syntax inspired by Unix shell) and languages influenced by Perl, such as PHP and Ruby. JavaScript also supports this functionality via template...
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Shar (file format) (redirect from Shell archive)
because it is a valid shell script, and executing it will recreate the files. To extract the files, only the standard Unix Bourne shell sh is usually required...
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Hacktivism Lamer List of convicted computer criminals Luser Noob Web shell, a tool that script kiddies frequently use Arifgoğlu, Saliha Figen (1988). Information...
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Batch file (redirect from Batch script)
regular tasks by allowing the user to set up a script to automate them. When a batch file is run, the shell program (usually COMMAND.COM or cmd.exe) reads...
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Dialog (software) (redirect from Dialog (Shell Script))
Dialog is an application used in shell scripts which displays text user interface widgets. It uses the curses or ncurses library. The latter provides...
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Neofetch is a discontinued system information tool written in the Bash shell scripting language. By default, on the left side is a logo of the distribution...
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The Z shell (Zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a command interpreter for shell scripting. Zsh is an extended...
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The restricted shell is a Unix shell that restricts some of the capabilities available to an interactive user session, or to a shell script, running within...
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Init (redirect from Startup script)
systemd, Runit and OpenRC. Research Unix init runs the initialization shell script located at /etc/rc, then launches getty on terminals under the control...
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shell scripts are also used. Using network monitoring tools, an attacker can find vulnerabilities that can potentially allow delivery of a web shell....
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Apache Ant, Apache Maven, and sbt based projects as well as arbitrary shell scripts and Windows batch commands. The Jenkins project was originally named...
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scriptable. At the same time, the shift to the Unix underpinnings and AppleScript's ability to run Unix commands directly, with the do shell script command...
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Code injection (redirect from Script injection)
it does not allow client-side script interaction with cookies, thereby preventing certain XSS attacks. Modular shell disassociation from the kernel....
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AWK (category Scripting languages)
computational features to a Unix pipeline besides the Bourne shell, the only scripting language available in a standard Unix environment. It is one of...
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User Repository since all that is hosted by the Arch Linux website is a shell script that downloads the actual software from elsewhere. Examples include proprietary...
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Configuration file (redirect from Configuration script)
Similar to config files, a run command (rc) shell script can configure a shell session. Often, such scripts are named with an rc suffix after the consuming...
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