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Scripting and the Terminal

Scripting and the Terminal

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Scripting and the Terminal

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- In an earlier episode, Mike Meyers gave you a pretty good overview of scripting, along with some examples of how it can be used. In this episode, we're going to take a deeper look into some of the different ways administrators can use scripting to automate repetitive or mundane tasks. We'll also talk about some of the dangers that scripting can pose. First, let's do a quick refresher. Scripting stores execution steps that you use repeatedly in a file. By executing that file, your script, these tasks can get performed in just the right order, every time, with no steps left out or done incorrectly. There are actual several types of scripting. There isn't a single standard scripting language. There also isn't one language that works for every case. And scripting statements aren't always stored under one file extension. In fact, there are scripting languages you might not even realize can be used for scripting. Here are a few of the more common scripting types you should know. First up,…

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