October 2009
Beginner to intermediate
242 pages
5h 4m
English
Content preview from Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell
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Contents at a Glance
Chapter 1: Hello, World! Your First Shell Program
Chapter 2: Input, Output, and Throughput
Chapter 3: Looping and Branching
Chapter 4: Command-Line Parsing and Expansion
Chapter 5: Parameters and Variables
Chapter 7: String Manipulation
Chapter 8: File Operations and Commands
Chapter 9: Reserved Words and Builtin Commands
Chapter 10: Writing Bug-Free Scripts and Debugging the Rest
Chapter 11: Programming for the Command Line
Chapter 12: Runtime Configuration
Chapter 14: Scripting the Screen