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Shell scripting advantages and disadvantages

Advantages:

    1. To automate the frequently performed operations

    2. To run sequence of commands as a single command

    3. Easy to use

    4. Portable (It can be executed in any Unix-like operating systems without any modifications)

Disadvantages:

    1. Slow execution speed compared to any programming languages

    2. A new process launched for almost every shell command executed

source: http://linuxshellscripting.blogspot.com/2011/02/shell-scripting-advantages-and.html

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