Learning the bash Shell, 2nd Edition
by Cameron Newham & Bill Rosenblatt


Following are the changes made in the 6/00 reprint:


Here's a key to the markup:

        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification


(100) The text used to read:

	"if name had the value" 

It now reads:

	"if filename had the value"


(102) The text used to read:
	
	"less efficient than ${variable##/*}" 

It now reads:

	"less efficient than ${variable##*/}"


(114) The code used to read:

	Echo $DIR_STACK 

It now reads: 

	echo $DIR_STACK


{144} The code used to read:

	* ) exit 'usage: alice [-a] [-b barg] [-c] args...'

It now reads:

	* ) echo 'usage: alice [-a] [-b barg] [-c] args...'


{157} The text used to read:

	"count from 0 to N+1" 

It now reads:

	"count from 0 to N"


<281> The section title was renamed "Environment Variables".