Vim text editor tool is a tool that helps create a shell script in a Linux system. In case you don’t have it already installed, use the command to install Vim: sudo apt install vim Now follow the ...

You could even embed an executable file in a script — even another script — and then execute that script which might unpack another script. It boggles the mind.

Wrap-up Using pipes, aliases and scripts can make the Linux command line easier to use and more powerful.

If you want to get some of the power of Kali Linux on your Ubuntu distribution, Jack Wallen shows you how to do so with the Katoolin install script.

It's not hard to create and run a shell script in Linux distros like Ubuntu, but there are a few non-obvious pitfalls you need to avoid. Here's a quick example of how to execute a script in Linux.