Korn Shell: Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition, The

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. List of Tables:
3. Preface
4. Introduction
   1. Major Features
   2. Where To Get the Korn Shell
   3. Which Version Do You Have?
   4. Logging In
   5. Invoking The Korn Shell Separately
   6. Using The Korn Shell in Scripts
5. Korn Shell Basics
   1. Simple Script
   2. Process Execution
   3. Input/Output Redirection
   4. File Name Substitution
   5. Command Substitution
   6. Tilde Substitution
6. Variables and Parameters
   1. Variables
   2. Special Parameters
   3. Variable Expansion
   4. Array Variables
   5. Compound Variables
   6. Quoting
7. Editing Commands
   1. Terminal Requirements
   2. Command History File
   3. The fc Command
   4. In-Line Editor
8. Job Control
   1. Manipulating Jobs
   2. Checking Job Status
   3. Background Jobs and I/O
   4. Job Names
   5. Leaving Stopped Jobs
9. Performing Arithmetic
   1. The let Command
   2. The ((...)) Command
   3. Declaring Integer Variables
   4. Arithmetic Constants
   5. Arithmetic Operators
   6. Random Numbers
10. The Environment
    1. After You Log In
    2. The Environment File
    3. Environment Variables
    4. Korn Shell Options
    5. Aliases
    6. Prompts
    7. Subshells
    8. Restricted Shell
11. Writing Korn Shell Scripts
    1. Executing Korn Shell Scripts
    2. The [[...]] Command
    3. Control Commands
    4. Input/Output Commands
    5. Miscellaneous Programming Features
12. Miscellaneous Commands
    1. The : Command
    2. The eval Command
    3. The export Command
    4. The false Command
    5. The newgrp Command
    6. The pwd Command
    7. The readonly Command
    8. The set Command
    9. The time Command
    10. The times Command
    11. The true Command
    12. The ulimit Command
    13. The umask Command
    14. The whence Command
13. Sample .profile File
14. Sample Environment File
15. C Shell Functionality
    1. Directory Functions
    2. Miscellaneous Commands
16. Sample Korn Shell Scripts
    1. Display Files - kcat
    2. Interactive uucp - kuucp
    3. Basename - kbasename
    4. Dirname - kdirname
    5. Display Files with Line Numbers - knl
    6. Find Words - match
    7. Simple Calculator - kcalc
    8. Searching for Patterns in Files - kgrep
    9. Calendar Program - kcal
17. Korn Shell Man Page
    1. Synopsis
    2. Description
    3. Definitions
    4. Commands
    5. Variable Assignments
    6. Comments
    7. Aliasing
    8. Tilde Substitution
    9. Command Substitution
    10. Arithmetic Substitution
    11. Process Substitution
    12. Parameter Expansion
    13. Field Splitting
    14. File Name Generation
    15. Quoting
    16. Arithmetic Evaluation
    17. Prompting
    18. Conditional Expressions
    19. Input/Output
    20. Environment
    21. Functions
    22. Discipline Functions
    23. Jobs
    24. Signals
    25. Execution
    26. Command Re-entry
    27. In-line Editing Options
    28. Key Bindings
    29. Emacs Editing Mode
    30. Vi Editing Mode
    31. Input Edit Commands
    32. Motion Edit Commands
    33. Search Edit Commands
    34. Text Modification Edit Commands
    35. Other Edit Commands
    36. Built-in Commands
    37. Invocation
    38. Rsh Only
    39. EXIT STATUS
    40. CAVEATS
18. Pdksh
    1. Downloading the Source
    2. Building Pdksh
19. Pdksh Quick Reference
    1. Command Execution
    2. Redirecting Input/Output
    3. Filename Substitution
    4. Variables
    5. Variable Attributes
    6. Variable Substitution
    7. Special Parameters
    8. Special Variables
    9. Array Variables
    10. Misc Substitution
    11. Quoting
    12. In-Line Editors
    13. Job Control
    14. Arithmetic
    15. Options
    16. Aliases
    17. Conditional Expressions
    18. Other [[...]] Operators
    19. Control Commands
    20. Commands
    21. Functions
    22. THE print COMMAND
    23. THE read COMMAND
    24. Miscellaneous
    25. Debugging Korn Shell Scripts
    26. Files
    27. Example Commands
20. Pdksh Man Page
    1. Synopsis
    2. Description
    3. Shell Startup
    4. Command Syntax
    5. Quoting
    6. Aliases
    7. Substitution
    8. Parameters