Question

I am working on linux scripts , Assume that the directory is consisting of these following scripts .

ls *.sh

test.sh 
MyScripts.sh 

My question is , before making any modifications to test.sh script , i want to keep a backup copy of it , so that if anything messes up , i will be not screwed up .
please tell me how can i keep a copy of test.sh in the same directory ?? before making any modifications to the actual file test.sh .

Thank you very much .

Answer 1

Consider using revision control, such as git or Subversion.

You can make a copy before your work too:

cp test.sh test.sh.orig