The Bash Scripting Tutorial, Part 4

Writing functions to simplify your script

Vickie Li
The Startup
Published in
8 min readMay 25, 2020

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If you work with computers, there’s probably been a time where you’ve thought: “Wow, there’s got to be a way I can automate this”.

A computer script is a list of commands designed to be executed by a program. They are used to automate tasks such as data analysis, webpage generation, and system administration…

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Vickie Li
The Startup

Professional investigator of nerdy stuff. Hacks and secures. Creates god awful infographics. https://twitter.com/vickieli7