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• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 10: Distribution
  This is the last article in the series of scripts. We will take the script from Part 8 and continue with it. We will be taking our folderCreator script and using it in our distribution process. Distribution is the process of placing the script along with any supporting resources on a destination computer making it … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 10: Distribution
• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 9: Automating scripts
  This article is NOT a continuation of the previous article. The topics covered in this article won’t be used in our folder creation script as the features covered are not required or can’t be appropriately used. We will use a different script instead. This article is a continuation of the Shell scripting series though. Why automate? Most … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 9: Automating scripts
• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 8: Arrays & Dictionaries
  This article is a continuation of the previous article. We will be taking the previous script and using it to build on the concepts we will learning in this article. So far we have been working with a single piece of data. This was stored in a single variable. For each new piece of information we created a new … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 8: Arrays & Dictionaries
• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 6: User interaction
  This article is a continuation of the previous article. We will be taking the previous script and using it to build on the concepts we will learning in this article. Why would we need to do this? So far our scripts have run without any communication between the script and any user. In many situations … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 6: User interaction
• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 5: Loops
  This article is a continuation of the previous article. We will be taking the previous script and using it to build on the concepts we will learning in this article. Loops Often times we will come across a situation where we want to perform a task repeatedly with different pieces of data. For example, here … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 5: Loops
• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 7: Miscellaneous
  This article is a continuation of the previous article. We will be taking the previous script and using it to build on the concepts we will learning in this article. We will be covering a few different features, available in shell scripting, in this article. Functions Often times, you will find that there are some … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 7: Miscellaneous
• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 3 Condition checks
  This article is a continuation of the previous article. We will be taking the previous script and using it to build on the concepts we will learning in this article. Performing tasks conditionally So far our script has been performing tasks uninterrupted one after the other. But often times you will come across a situation … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 3 Condition checks
• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 4: Documentation and help
  This article is a continuation of the previous article. We will be taking the previous script and using it to build on the concepts we will learning in this article. Documentation in scripts As you must have observed, our script has already grown to a fairly large one. It still performs the same task we intended it to perform, … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 4: Documentation and help
• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 2: Managing information
  This article is a continuation of the previous article. We will be taking the previous script and using it to build on the concepts we will learning in this article. Using Variables to store information First up we will look at variable. Variables are containers that can hold information. The biggest advantage of this is … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 2: Managing information
• Shell scripting in macOS – Part 1
  The scripts in the following articles are written in macOS Big Sur. You can use these concepts to create scripts on UNIX and Linux too. This is the first part of a multipart series. You can find links to further articles at a table located at the bottom of this article. I will be updating … Continue reading Shell scripting in macOS – Part 1

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