This provides a robust scripting
environment while maintaining a simple command interface. The bash shell is the
default shell used in openSUSE. The next section describes how to get to the bash shell
from your openSUSE desktop.
Using the Shell in openSUSE
Back in the old days, accessing the shell was easy. Once you logged into a Linux system,
you were immediately greeted by the shell command prompt. From there, all you could do
is enter shell commands.
With the invention of fancy graphical user interfaces (GUIs), things have changed. Now
when you log into a Linux system, most likely you will be greeted with a full-featured
graphical desktop, similar to what you see on a Microsoft Windows system.
The default desktop environment in the openSUSE Linux 10.3 Linux distribution is either
the GNOME or KDE graphical environment. While both of these desktops provide excellent
interfaces for starting programs at the click of a button, if you are working with shell
scripts, you??™ll need access to the bash command line.
This section walks you through how to get to the shell, and how to build and run shell
scripts using the tools available in openSUSE.
Pages:
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347