Step 4: Press “Esc” to exit this mode. Then type “:w” to save your script. Once saved, the shell script will appear as below. Step 5: When you’re back to the console, type “:q”. Then write: bash ...

In fact, Linux has become so user-friendly that I rarely have to bother with bash scripts. Even so, it's a great feature to have handy. What is a bash script?

SEE: How to Connect to Linux Samba Shares from Windows (TechRepublic) Creating groups and adding users Now it’s time to create a group. Let’s create the group editorial.

Windows users are spoiled. Linux users can create and run shell scripts too, with a little more effort. Run shell scripts in Linux If you want to create a script and run it in Ubuntu, a few extra ...

Jack Wallen walks you through creating new users and groups on Linux and adding those new users to the new groups.