Script Automation Program

AKA: Shell Script.
Example(s):
- a bash Script.
- a Perl Script.
- a Scala Script.
- a System Maintenance Script.
- …
Counter-Example(s):
- a Utility Program.
See: Scripting Language, Command Line Interpreter, Operating System, Domain-Specific Programming Language, Prototype Program.

References

(Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shell_script Retrieved:2013-12-18.
- A shell script is a script written for the shell, or command line interpreter, of an operating system. The shell is often considered a simple domain-specific programming language. Typical operations performed by shell scripts include file manipulation, program execution, and printing text.
  Many shell script interpreters double as command line interface, such as the various Unix shells, Windows PowerShell or the MS-DOS COMMAND.COM. Others, such as AppleScript or the graphical Windows Script Host (WScript.exe), add scripting capability to computing environments without requiring a command line interface. Other examples of programming languages primarily intended for shell scripting include DCL and JCL.

(Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language Retrieved:2013-12-12.
- A scripting language or script language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that can interpret (rather than compile) and automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), and embedded systems.