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Writing Your First Bash Script

writing script Hello World!

In this video, Victoria is presenting how to write a simple script.

You are encouraged to follow along and write your first script saying Hello World!

Here is the script presented in this video:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "Hello world!"

Do leave any comments and questions in the comments section below.

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