Simply put, a Shell Script is a program that is run by a UNIX/Linux shell. It is a file that contains a series of commands which are executed sequentially as if they were entered on the command line ...

This post follows up on Part 1 by examining the many ways that you can test the value of variables – e.g., whether they equal particular strings like “yes” or “no”, if they have a numeric value, if ...

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I'd like to know how to do a couple of simple things with scripts, like change the titles of my mp3 collection, etc. I've never used scripts before, so can anyone recomend a good primer on scripting?