This chapter will introduce some tools that will help us when we're writing Bash scripts. We will focus on two types of tools: GUI-based editors (Atom and Notepad++) and Terminal-based editors (Vim and nano). We will describe the tools and how to use them, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to use both GUI- and Terminal-based editors together for the best results.

The following commands will be introduced in this chapter: vim, nano, and ls.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Using graphical editors for shell scripting
• Using command-line editors for shell scripting
• Combining graphical editors with command-line editors when writing shell scripts