Tools / Shell Scripting Interview Questions
Why is shell scripting required?
- Shell helps in doing work that is repetitive in nature. For example: When executing a bunch of commands, shells can take all these commands directly from a stored file and execute them, instead of writing them every time.
- Used to run routine backups/tasks by admins.
- They are easier to write and debug than other programming languages like PERL, and PYTHON.
- We can transfer the shell script to other UNIX and similar operating systems and execute it.
- Shell scripts are also used to monitor systems regularly.
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