Here is the beginning of a repository of interesting BASH Scripts I either make, or find. If you would like to contribute any scripts, you can email them to me at:
These are in .odt format (LibreOffice text document, similar to Microsoft Word) and can be copy/pasted into your text editor of choice. It is typical to use a ‘.sh’ for the format/ending in BASH scripts, for example, you could relabel the first script below as ‘everything_installer.sh’ when saving it. This is not required in order for it to work, it’s just common practice, almost etiquette.
1. everything_installer.sh – Updates Debian based systems and then installs a large number of common applications: everything_installer.sh
2. PDF tool installer – Installs a handful of common useful PDF view, edit and manipulation tools (Debian based systems): pdf_installer.sh
Instructions: Download the file and rename to file_name.sh and then run the command:
sudo chmod +x file_name.sh
Then run it by typing
bash file_name.sh or use sudo ./file_name.sh
—
more coming soon!
A great resource for those new to scripting, here is a great place to begin. Instead of using YouTube, you can view these and other YouTube videos using FreeTube, this serves as a proxy and hides your system information and activity from Google/Alphabet/YouTube. The .deb(x64) Debian package version, or the Flatpak version are both excellent choices to install the app on Debian based Linux systems.
LearnLinux.tv – Bash Scripting on Linux (The Complete Guide)