sh-bourne shell

bash-bourne again shell

ksh-korn shell

quoting is safe with no adverse consequences

quote even the variables whereever possible(specially for multiword arguments)
back quotes and variables evaluation($) require double quotes and not single quotes
be liberal with whitespaces when using test
/dev/tty utility: if messages just meant to draw users attention are not redirected
to /dev/tty....they will be served as input to wherever the script output is being
piped or redirected
\c:to place the cusor and prompt in the same line which idisplays the output
the interpreter line decides the shell with which a script is executed....even if u
explicitly run it as shell_name scrpt_name.....