KornShell Programming Tutorial (Hewlett-Packard Press Series) - Softcover

Rosenberg, Barry J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 020156324X ISBN 13: 9780201563245

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1991

Synopsis

"This book is full of useful examples which will benefit anyone interested in programming in KornShell, especially novices."-David Korn, AT&T Bell Labs, Creator of KornShell The KornShell is the most important shell or interface, for the 1990's. It runs on the UNIX, OSF-1, MS-DOS, OS/2, and VMS operating systems. It supports every feature of the Bourne shell, and incorporates many of the good C shell features. If you program, you need the KornShell. If you want to learn the KornShell, you need this book. Barry Rosenberg makes learning and using the KornShell easy by writing in a light, humorous style. The book is packed with short non-trivial examples of shell scripts. Common programming pitfalls and their solutions are boldly highlighted in BEWARE sections throughout. Many chapters begin with sections of helpful hints for new programmers and for experienced programmers. Among its key features, the book: *illustrates pattern matching *focuses on string manipulation *details inheritance *includes a quick reference of KornShell statements 020156324XB04062001

About this title

About the Author

Barry Rosenberg is an independent technical writer and a software instructor for Technology Exchange Company. He is the author of more than 30 programming manuals, including Addison-Wesleyis Client/Server Computing for Technical Professionals: Concepts and Solutions and KornShell Programming Tutorial.

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From the Back Cover

"This book is full of useful examples which will benefit anyone interested in programming in KornShell, especially novices."-David Korn, AT&T Bell Labs, Creator of KornShell

The KornShell is the most important shell or interface, for the 1990's. It runs on the UNIX, OSF-1, MS-DOS, OS/2, and VMS operating systems. It supports every feature of the Bourne shell, and incorporates many of the good C shell features. If you program, you need the KornShell. If you want to learn the KornShell, you need this book.

Barry Rosenberg makes learning and using the KornShell easy by writing in a light, humorous style. The book is packed with short non-trivial examples of shell scripts. Common programming pitfalls and their solutions are boldly highlighted in BEWARE sections throughout. Many chapters begin with sections of helpful hints for new programmers and for experienced programmers.

Among its key features, the book:

• illustrates pattern matching
• focuses on string manipulation
• details inheritance
• includes a quick reference of KornShell statements

020156324XB04062001

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 020156324X
• ISBN 13: 9780201563245
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352