shellscript
nounUK /ˈʃel.skrɪpt/
US /ˈʃel.skrɪpt/
A shellscript is a list of computer commands saved in a file so the computer can run them all at once.
She wrote a shellscript to back up her photos every night.
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2. A text file containing a sequence of shell commands executed by a command-line interpreter.
The deployment shellscript installs all dependencies automatically.
3. A small program written for a Unix-like operating system's command shell.
He debugged the shellscript that kept failing on line 12.
4. Informal: any short, hastily written automation code.
That shellscript is just a quick fix, not production quality.