Sometimes I need to assist friends with bash scripting. When I’m on a Windows machine, it’s a working environment and I can’t just setup Cygwin or use a VM.
Is there some free scripting website I can use, preferably where I can use Putty to connect it or something similar?
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Method 1
I believe you are looking for a “free shell account“. You should be able to sign up for one that has a description of what you are looking for.
These are typically provided with no expectation of privacy. Be careful what you store and what passwords you use.
Method 2
The #bash channel on freenode recommends ShellCheck, an online resource where you can paste your shell scripts and they will be checked for syntax errors, POSIX compliance and other straightforward errors:
ShellCheck is a static analysis and linting tool for sh/bash scripts. It’s mainly focused on handling typical beginner and intermediate level syntax errors and pitfalls where the shell just gives a cryptic error message or strange behavior, but it also reports on a few more advanced issues where corner cases can cause delayed failures.
ShellCheck is an open source project, so you can download the code and run your own instance.
Method 3
For a heavy weight solution, you can spin up an Amazon EC2 instance. The “free/trial” tier is free for the first year of your account:
So, in that case, you’ll have a wide choice of distros and shells to play with.
Method 4
Check out this website, you can use the CLI as well as create .sh files and run them: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/execute_bash_online.php
Method 5
If you seek something or somewhere that you can execute Linux and bash commands http://cb.vu/ seems to be a good place. This is a web based shell.
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