Linux Shell Script Basic Examples

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Write a script to enter a Name of a Person and print that name.

#! /bin/bash

#Author Raman

# Copyright (c)  Raman

# Below is the script

echo "Enter Name"

read Person

# This will print the  name of the person

echo "Hello, $Person"

Execution of a shell Script

Let's say the file name is test.sh

Provide execute permission to test.sh

• chmod u+x test.sh
• ./test.sh
• or
• sh test.sh