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What is importance of UNIX shell scripting in Testing and how to test UNIX platforms ?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: September 25, 2007     Asked by: umavardan 
  
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September 25, 2007 09:50:27   #1  
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RE: What is importance of UNIX shell scripting in Test...
It takes commands from user and executes them. It is an interface between user and kernel. Here we will write a set of scripts and impact it on the application to test it.
 
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