例子一：绘制特殊图形
#!/bin/bash
MAX_NO=0
echo -n "Enter Number between (5 to 9) : "
read MAX_NO
if ! [ $MAX_NO -ge 5 -a $MAX_NO -le 9 ] ; then
echo "WTF... I ask to enter number between 5 and 9, Try Again"
exit 1
fi
clear
for (( i=1; i=i; s-- ))
do
echo -n " "
done
for (( j=1; j=1; i-- ))
do
for (( s=i; s<=MAX_NO; s++ ))
do
echo -n " "
done
for (( j=1; j<=i; j++ ))
do
echo -n " ."
done
echo ""
done
echo -e "nnttt Whenever you need help, Tecmint.com is always there"
你应该不会被上述例子中的“关键字”困扰了，很多都是你熟悉的，或者从它们的名字可以猜出它们的意思，如“max”设定某个变量的最大值，“for”是一个循环。
输出结果：
[root@tecmint ~]# chmod 755 Special_Pattern.sh
[root@tecmint ~]# ./Special_Pattern.sh
Enter Number between (5 to 9) : 6
.
. .
. . .
. . . .
. . . . .
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. . . . .
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Whenever you need help, Tecmint.com is always there
如果你有其它语言的编程基础，那么学习上面的脚本对你来说应该很容易。即使你是计算机方面的新手，这个学习过程也不会太难。
你可以从这里下载这个例子的代码。
例子二：五颜六色的脚本
Linux终端也是支持五颜六色的，请看下面的脚本：
#!/bin/bash
clear
echo -e "\033[1m Hello World"
# bold effect
echo -e "\033[5m Blink"
# blink effect
echo -e "\033[0m Hello World"
# back to noraml
echo -e "\033[31m Hello World"
# Red color
echo -e "\033[32m Hello World"
# Green color
echo -e "\033[33m Hello World"
# See remaing on screen
echo -e "\033[34m Hello World"
echo -e "\033[35m Hello World"
echo -e "\033[36m Hello World"
echo -e -n "\033[0m"
# back to noraml
echo -e "\033[41m Hello World"
echo -e "\033[42m Hello World"
echo -e "\033[43m Hello World"
echo -e "\033[44m Hello World"
echo -e "\033[45m Hello World"
echo -e "\033[46m Hello World"
echo -e "\033[0m Hello World"
输出结果：
你可以对上面的列子举一反三，把它用到你自己的脚本中去。
你可以从这里下载这个例子的代码。
例子三：加密文件/目录
下面的例子演示了如何加密一个份文件或者文件夹。目前的这个版本的脚本有一些局限，例如你必须把它和你要加密的文件/目录放到同一个文件夹下面。另外，你可能需要安装“pinentry-gui”。在Fedora下安装“pinentry-gui”的命令是：
[root@midstage ~]# yum install pinentry-gui
在Ubuntu/Debian下安装“pinentry-gui”的命令是：
[root@midstage ~]# apt-get install pinentry-gui
创建一个脚本“Encrypt.sh”，将下面的代码复制进去。你也可以从这里下载这个脚本。
#!/bin/bash
echo "Welcome, I am ready to encrypt a file/folder for you"
echo "currently I have a limitation, Place me to the same folder,
where a file to be encrypted is present"
echo "Enter the Exact File Name with extension"
read file;
gpg -c $file
echo "I have encrypted the file sucessfully..."
echo "Now I will be removing the original file"
rm -rf $file
输出结果：
[root@tecmint ~]# chmod 755 Encrypt.sh
[root@tecmint ~]# ./Encrypt.sh
Welcome, I am ready to encrypt a file/folder for you
currently I have a limitation, Place me to the same folder,
where a file to be encrypted is present
Enter the Exact File Name with extension
package.xml
Enter passphrase
Passphrase _________________________________
Please re-enter this passphrase
Passphrase _________________________________
I have encrypted the file successfully...
Now I will be removing the original file
代码说明：
gpg -c: 这个命令使用aka来加密文件。 在你需要的时候，你需要对加密的文件进行解密。这里我们不给出具体的代码了，你可以自己尝试着写出来。提示：使用命令 gpg -d filename.gpg > filename 可以解密一份文件。
例子四：查看服务器利用率
查看服务器的利用率是管理员的一份重要的日常工作。聪明的管理员是知道如何是这份任务自动化的。下面的这份脚本会抓取服务器的很多信息，快快试试吧！
#!/bin/bash
date;
echo "uptime:"
uptime
echo "Currently connected:"
w
echo "--------------------"
echo "Last logins:"
last -a |head -3
echo "--------------------"
echo "Disk and memory usage:"
df -h | xargs | awk '{print "Free/total disk: " $11 " / " $9}'
free -m | xargs | awk '{print "Free/total memory: " $17 " / " $8 " MB"}'
echo "--------------------"
start_log=`head -1 /var/log/messages |cut -c 1-12`
oom=`grep -ci kill /var/log/messages`
echo -n "OOM errors since $start_log :" $oom
echo ""
echo "--------------------"
echo "Utilization and most expensive processes:"
top -b |head -3
echo
top -b |head -10 |tail -4
echo "--------------------"
echo "Open TCP ports:"
nmap -p- -T4 127.0.0.1
echo "--------------------"
echo "Current connections:"
ss -s
echo "--------------------"
echo "processes:"
ps auxf --width=200
echo "--------------------"
echo "vmstat:"
vmstat 1 5
输出结果：
[root@tecmint ~]# chmod 755 Server-Health.sh
[root@tecmint ~]# ./Server-Health.sh
Tue Jul 16 22:01:06 IST 2013
uptime:
22:01:06 up 174 days, 4:42, 1 user, load average: 0.36, 0.25, 0.18
Currently connected:
22:01:06 up 174 days, 4:42, 1 user, load average: 0.36, 0.25, 0.18
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
tecmint pts/0 116.72.134.162 21:48 0.00s 0.03s 0.03s sshd: tecmint [priv]
--------------------
Last logins:
tecmint pts/0 Tue Jul 16 21:48 still logged in 116.72.134.162
tecmint pts/0 Tue Jul 16 21:24 - 21:43 (00:19) 116.72.134.162
--------------------
Disk and memory usage:
Free/total disk: 292G / 457G
Free/total memory: 3510 / 3838 MB
--------------------
OOM errors since Jul 14 03:37 : 0
--------------------
Utilization and most expensive processes:
top - 22:01:07 up 174 days, 4:42, 1 user, load average: 0.36, 0.25, 0.18
Tasks: 149 total, 1 running, 148 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.1%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.3%id, 0.6%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1 root 20 0 3788 1128 932 S 0.0 0.0 0:32.94 init
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:14.07 migration/0
你可以从这里下载这个例子的代码。
例子五：查看硬盘使用情况及发送提示邮件
下面的这个例子展示了当硬盘的使用空间超出了预期设定的值时，如果通过脚本来发送提示邮件。
MAX=95
EMAIL=server@127.0.0.1
PART=sda1
USE=`df -h |grep $PART | awk '{ print $5 }' | cut -d'%' -f1`
if [ $USE -gt $MAX ]; then
echo "Percent used: $USE" | mail -s "Running out of disk space" $EMAIL
fi
说明：将上述脚本中的“USER”替换成你的用户名。你可以通过命令“mail”来查看你的邮件。
通过这五个例子，我们可以掌握到shell编程中的不少基础。