27. Programming the Bourne Again Shell

Chapter 7 introduced the shells and Chapter 9 went into detail about the Bourne Again Shell. This chapter introduces additional Bourne Again Shell commands, builtins, and concepts that carry shell programming to a point where it can be useful. Although you may make use of shell programming as a system administrator, you do not have to read this chapter to perform system administration tasks. Feel free to skip ...

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