UNIX Shells by Example - Softcover

Quigley, Ellie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013066538X ISBN 13: 9780130665386

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

This is the third edition of Ellie Quigley's UNIX Shells by Example. It includes coverage of two new shells: bash and tcsh.

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About the Author

ELLIE QUIGLEY is author of Linux Shells by Example, Perl by Example, The Complete Perl Training Course, and The Complete Linux Shell Programming Training Course and creator of the world's #1 interactive Perl course, Perl Multimedia Classroom. A leading instructor and trainer, her courses in Perl and UNIX shell programming at the University of California Santa Cruz Extension Program and at Sun Microsystems have become legendary throughout Silicon Valley.

From the Back Cover

Five UNIX shells, three essential utilities, one indispensable resource!

• Learn UNIX shell programming the easy way, using hands-on examples
• Covers all five leading UNIX shells-C, Bourne, Korn, bash, and tcsh
• By best-selling author Ellie Quigley, Silicon Valley's top UNIX instructor

The best-selling UNIX Shells by Example continues to be the only book you need to learn UNIX shell programming. UNIX Shells by Example, Third Edition adds thorough coverage of the new bash and tcsh shells to the full explanations in Quigley's famous treatment of the C, Bourne, and Korn shells and the awk, sed, and grep utilities, making this the most complete UNIX shell programming book available anywhere. Using proven techniques drawn from her acclaimed Silicon Valley UNIX classes, Quigley transforms you into an expert-level shell programmer. You'll learn what the shells are, what they do, and how to program them, as well as how and when to use awk, sed, and grep. Code examples, completely revised and classroom-tested for this edition, explain concepts first-hand and can serve as the basis for your own projects.

• Explains the C, Bourne, Korn, bash, and tcsh shells in one cohesive way-you'll understand which shell to use and why
• Details the essential awk, sed, and grep programming utilities
• Offers proven teaching methods from a top UNIX shell instructor
• Provides source code and data files for all examples on the CD-ROM, so you can experiment with them on your own system

UNIX system administrators, application developers, and power users will turn to this book again and again, both as a vital classroom learning tool and as a favorite reference manual.

About the CD-ROM

Provides source code and data files for all examples in the book!

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013066538X
• ISBN 13: 9780130665386
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1040