Bash Script Cheat Sheet

Hello REDTM

#!/usr/bin/bash
#This is Comment

echo "Hello REDTM"
printf "Hello REDTM"

Save as hello.sh , give it execute permission chmod +x hello.sh and run ./hello.sh

Parameters

#!/usr/bin/bash
#This is Comment

echo -e "Hello $1"
printf "Hey, how is it goin $1?"
echo ""

$1 is the first parameters, second parameters should be $2 and so on.

Variables

Variables used to store data to use in future by referencing to the variable name! There are 4 type of variable we can use in bash. We can’t use Reserved word for variable names. Reserved words are:

if	
then	
elif	
else	
fi	
time
for	
in	
until	
while	
do	
done
case	
esac	
coproc	
select	
function
{	}	
[[	]]	
!

1. Integer: These are numeric variables
2. String: “Text based variable”
3. Constant: “These variable Can’t be modified”
4. Array: “Index of variable”

Integer Variable

#!/bin/bash

##Integer Variable
job=$3
name=$1

#Integer Variable
exp=5 

echo "$name having $exp+ experience in $job"
echo ""

String Variable

String variable is double quoted

#!/bin/bash

##String Variable
name="REDTM"
owner="Your name"

echo "The owner of $name is $owner"
echo "This is concated string: $name$owner"

Constant Variable

We can’t modify the variable. Two way to declare :

1. Using declare -r
2. Using readonly

##String Variable
readonly name="REDTM"

declare -r var="You"
var="Me"
readonly name2="Red Teaming"
name2="Blue Teaming"

echo $name2

echo $var

Execute in terminal and see the live result.

Array Variable

More details on Appropriate chapter

Command Substitutions

Two we can substitute command

1. Using double backqoute “`Command_Here`”
2. Using $(Command_here)

##Using backquote
passwd=`cat /etc/passwd`

##Using $ sign with first bracket
shadow="$(cat /etc/shadow)" #Without root, permission denied
issue="$(cat /etc/issue)"

#display contents
echo $passwd 
echo $shadow
echo $issue

Operators

Here is the some list of commonly used operators

Arrays

Bash support one-dimensional indexed. And the array index always start from 0. Way to declare an array:

1. declare -a array_name
2. Declare as variable but values in first brackets arr1=(One two three)
3. Another way is declare -a array_name=(one two three)

#!/usr/bin/bash

#Array Variables
declare -a arr1
arr1=("One Two Three" "Two" "Three")
echo ${arr1[0]}

To reference the array we need to use ${array_name[number]}

Conditional

Conditional is a test. This mean, parametrically test for Fail and Success Status and divert the execution somewhere! Bash also has primary expression for conditional statements!

Primary Expression

if

if/then/else

if/then/elif/else

Loop

Functions

Input/Output Redirections

Regular Expression

System Commands

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