Unlike shell scripts on Unix systems, batch files are run by typing their names without their extensions. So to run a batch file named mapdrive.bat, you would type only “mapdrive”.

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The Unix script command is a very basic tool for recording a login session or a portion of a login session. Begun with the command “script”, the command optionally includes another two arguments.

The steps described above are manifest in the following six commands: $ mkdir scripts $ cd scripts $ touch script.sh $ echo 'echo hello-world' >> script.sh $ chmod -R 777 . $ ./script.sh hello-world ...