Recently I was introduced to the world of bash scripts for a few things I wanted to automate at work. Prior to this my only experience had been copy pasting commands straight in to the command line. I learnt a few interesting things I wasn't aware of when working with bash scripts. This is not a walk through for seasoned bash scripter.
What you will learn
- how to run bash scripts
- how to use functions in bash scripts
- how to copy folders using bash scripts
- how to run an installer
- how to delete (or make it seem like you have deleted) text from a file
- how to reference other bash scripts
- Clone this repository
- Find an executable file and place it in /installers (I used notepad++ installer that I had lying around in my Downloads folder)
- Replace all instances of "[yourInstallerHere]" with the name of the installer file. You can find them in these files:
- runInstaller.sh
- /common/commonAnywhereScript.sh
- /common/commonScript.sh
- In your gitbash window, navigate to bashScriptExamples folder
- Drag and drop
createBackupFiles.shin to the window and press enter. - Observe a "backup" folder is created with the contents of the "exampleFiles" folder.
- You are good to go!