Terminal command line scripts for Windows Linux

This tutorial covers programming language features in

DOS
Bash
Shell
zsh

Dos has abbreviated as disk-based operation systems for Windows OS.

It has different flavors MS-DOS IBM PC DOS

The current version is DOS 9 in Windows 12 Operating System

Linux and UNIX have different scripts like bash and Shell scripts

What is sh in the terminal?

sh is a shell, command language used to execute code from a script file. It takes input from the keyboard executes script files and does output.

How do I run a .sh file in Terminal?

To execute the sh files, Please follow the below steps

Open terminal
make sure that the sh file has to execute permission to execute
Run script file using ./scriptfile.sh

How can I get the current date and time in the terminal

To get the current date and time in the terminal, please follow the below steps

Open terminal
Run the date command, which results in the current date and time of the day.

date

What is a terminal?

Terminal also called the command line in Most operating Systems. Terminal used to execute script files in OS.

Unix: Called as Shell command line
Windows: Command prompt
MacOS: Terminal Window

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