Errata for bash Cookbook
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| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
| PDF |
Page 31
2.3 Solution |
$ printf '%-10.10s = %4.2f\n' 'GigaHerz' 1.92735
GigaHerz = 1.93
GigaHerz -> Gigahertz
GigaHerz -> Gigahertz
|
Anonymous |
Sep 21, 2019 |
| Printed |
Page 53
Toward the bottom |
"You can also use the xarg command."
"xarg" should be "xargs"
|
Andy Lester |
Jan 08, 2020 |
| PDF |
Page 90
code in solution |
The if test is like this
if [ -f "$SCRIPT" -a -x "$SCRIPT" ]
But in the main text we have -f and -x.
|
Murpholinox Peligro |
Mar 10, 2020 |
| Printed |
Page 112
Top of the page |
The name of the variable is $# but is shown in the text as ${}. Later, it's either $# or ${#}.
|
Andy Lester |
Jan 09, 2020 |
| PDF |
Page 135
Table 6-1 |
expected: ' |= Bitwise “or” a|=b a=(a|b)'
printed: ' \ = Bitwise “or” a|=b '
|
Luca Balsanelli |
Jan 28, 2020 |
| PDF |
Page 303
last paragraph |
The name of the variable is $# but is shown in the text as ${}.
Notice this is the same error as posted by Andy Lester on Jan 09, 2020.
|
Luca Balsanelli |
Mar 02, 2020 |
