bash Cookbook

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Synopsis
The key to mastering any Unix system, especially Linux and Mac OS X, is a thorough knowledge of shell scripting. Scripting is a way to harness and customize the power of any Unix system, and it's an essential skill for any Unix users, including system administrators and professional OS X developers. But beneath this simple promise lies a treacherous ocean of variations in Unix commands and standards. bash Cookbook teaches shell scripting the way Unix masters practice the craft. It presents a variety of recipes and tricks for all levels of shell programmers so that anyone can become a proficient user of the most common Unix shell- the bash shell- and cygwin or other popular Unix emulation packages. Packed full of useful scripts, along with examples that explain how to create better scripts, this new cookbook gives professionals and power users everything they need to automate routine tasks and enable them to truly manage their systems, rather than have their systems manage them.
Copyright:
2008

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780596158477
Related ISBNs:
9780596526788
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Computers and Internet
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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I have read a ton of programming books. This one, though it's about a scripting language, has to rank one of the top five best programming books I've ever read. Instead of lecturing away about variables, loops and string processing, this book demonstrates basic concepts with examples, for solving real problems. Its problem and solution format makes it also quite effective for intermediate-level scripters like me, who don't need to waste time reading about how a for loop works, but need to figure how to do one effeciently in Bash. Some of bash's other oddities, like if statement testing, quoting and refering to variables, are also fully covered. You'll quickly learn when to use that dollar sign or single quote, with a few clear and meaningful examples. What I like best was the way this book is neither for a rank beginner, nor a gurru, but works best for the typical scripter who falls somewhere in between.