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→INVESTIGATION 2: USING VARIABLES IN SHELL SCRIPTS
# Save your editing changes and exit your text editor.<br><br>
# Issue the following linux command to change to the Bourne Shell (a different shell than the default Bash):<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">sh</span><br><br>
# Issue the following linux command to confirm you are in the Bourne Shell:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">echo $0</span><br><br>You should see the output of the command that you are located in shows '''sh''' (i.e. the '''the Bourne Shell''').<br><br># Run While in the ''Bourne Shell'', run your shell script: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">./hello</span><br><br>What shell does the shell script indicate is running?<br>You should notice that this script is being run in the Bourne shell.<br><br>Although your shell script should work, it is recommended to force your shell script to run in a '''specific''' shell.<br>This helps prevent your shell script encountering errors when run in the incorrect shell<br>(i.e. syntax not recognized in a specific shell).<br><br>
# Edit your '''hello''' shell script using a text editor.<br><br>
# Insert the following line at the '''beginning''' of the '''first''' line of your hello file:<br><span style="font-family:courier;">#!/bin/bash</span><br><br>This is referred to as a '''she-bang line'''. It forces the script to be run in the '''Bash Shell'''.<br>When your Bash Shell script finishes execution, you are returned to your current shell that you are using<br>(which in our case in Matrix, is still the Bash shell).<br><br>
