Two of the best reasons for building shell scripts on Unix systems are 1) to repeat complex sets of instructions without having to rediscover or even retype the commands, and 2) to repeat complex sets ...

If you're writing a Bash script, you will invariably need to pass values to it—aka arguments or positional parameters. Bash's approach is a little clunky, but it works. Examples are the easiest way to ...

Many bash scripts use arguments to control the commands that they will run and the information that will be provided to the people running them. This post examines a number of ways that you can verify ...

When you write a PowerShell script, you are creating something that might be executed by someone else on a totally different computer. A potential obstacle is that the person running your script may ...

Bash functions are essentially reusable wrappers around commands. You can use them to define complex command pipelines or to perform some detailed work and echo the result. They accept arguments and ...

In my previous post, I showed you how to create a clickable button in Excel. That button displayed a simple message box. Now, I want to show you how to use the button to kick off a PowerShell script.