Book description
Itâ??s simple: if you want to interact deeply with Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix-like systems, you need to know how to work with the Bash shell. This concise little book puts all of the essential information about Bash right at your fingertips.
Youâ??ll quickly find answers to the annoying questions that generally come up when youâ??re writing shell scripts: What characters do you need to quote? How do you get variable substitution to do exactly what you want? How do you use arrays? Updated for Bash version 4.4, this book has the answers to these and other problems in a format that makes browsing quick and easy.
Topics include:
- Invoking the shell
- Syntax
- Functions and variables
- Arithmetic expressions
- Command history
- Programmable completion
- Job control
- Shell options
- Command execution
- Coprocesses
- Restricted shells
- Built-in commands
Publisher resources
Table of contents
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1. The Bash Shell
- Conventions
- History
- Overview of Features
- Invoking the Shell
- Command Exit Status
- Syntax
- Functions
- Variables
- Arithmetic Expressions
- Command History
- Programmable Completion
- Job Control
- Shell Options
- Command Execution
- Coprocesses
- Restricted Shells
- Built-In Commands
- Resources
- Acknowledgments
- Acknowledgments from the First Edition
- Index
Product information
- Title: Bash Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2016
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781491941591
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