Linux & Unix Shell Programming - Softcover

Tansley, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201674726 ISBN 13: 9780201674729

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2000

Synopsis

Learn how to create and develop shell scripts in a step-by-step manner increasing your knowledge as you progress through the book. Learn how to work the shell commands so you can be more productive and save you time.

About this title

From the Publisher

Getting to grips with Linux
This book is about shell programming or to be more precise shell and Bourne shell programming.

With LINUX now firmly taking its rightful place in the market as a viable and robust operating system, shell programming has become even more popular. No-one can say with any confidence how many LINUX users there are out there because LINUX is free, though there is a growing number of third parties selling their own LINUX variants.

If you want to learn shell programming, then this is the book for you; even if you are an intermediate shell user you will find the book a good learning and reference tool as there are some handy administrative tips and one-liners for you.

This book has been written from the outset with six main objectives in mind. These are: · Getting the reader up to speed quickly learning about shell tools and shell programming. · Using the book not only as a learning tool but also as a reference book. · Using shell scripts to use your system more productively.

· Showing scripts that are clear and easily understandable. · Making the chapters self-contained where possible for the subject covered, for ease of use. · Showing the reader not just shell scripting but also some administrative tasks like rc.scripts and cgi scripts.

From the Back Cover

This comprehensive book is a practical, easy-to-use guide to programming and using the Bourne shell for beginners and experienced users - the Bourne shell is the standard shell for UNIX, and is also fully backward compatible to the Linux BASH shell. This book will fully illustrate the ability of the shell to unlock the real potential of UNIX and Linux, and aims to get the reader up, running and creating robust shell scripts for real tasks and situations as quickly as possible – shell scripts that will work on any mainstream UNIX or Linux machine.

If you are new to UNIX and Linux or if you are a power user in waiting then this book is for you. Most shell programming books merely annotate manual pages and syntax , but in this book users of all abilities will find plenty of practical working examples - all of which are available as full code script via an ftp site – as well as a host of tips, tricks and code one-liners, that will save you time on a day-to-day basis. The book is organized into self-contained chapters on individual topics for ease of reference.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0201674726
• ISBN 13: 9780201674729
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528