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Contents

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

PART 1 Basic Scripting Techniques

CHAPTER 1 Shell Script Debugging

Shell Trace Options

Simple Output Statements

Controlling Output with Debug Levels

Simplifying Error Checking with a Function

Manual Stepping

CHAPTER 2 Standard Function Library

The Library File

Some Useful Functions

Using Your Library

CHAPTER 3 Date and Time Manipulation

Days Since Epoch

Alternatives for Finding the Date ...

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