Linux shell scripting cookbook : over 110 practical recipes to solve real-world shell problems, guaranteed to make you wonder how you ever lived without them / Shantanu Tushar, Sarath Lakshman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tushar, Shantanu.

Contributor:

Lakshman, Sarath.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Scripting languages (Computer science).

Physical Description:

iv, 364 p. : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Don’t neglect the shell – this book will empower you to use simple commands to perform complex tasks. Whether you’re a casual or advanced Linux user, the cookbook approach makes it all so brilliantly accessible and, above all, useful. Master the art of crafting one-liner command sequence to perform text processing, digging data from files, backups to sysadmin tools, and a lot more And if powerful text processing isn't enough, see how to make your scripts interact with the web-services like Twitter, Gmail Explores the possibilities with the shell in a simple and elegant way - you will see how to effectively solve problems in your day to day life In Detail The shell remains one of the most powerful tools on a computer system — yet a large number of users are unaware of how much one can accomplish with it. Using a combination of simple commands, we will see how to solve complex problems in day to day computer usage. Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook, Second Edition will take you through useful real-world recipes designed to make your daily life easy when working with the shell. The book shows the reader how to effectively use the shell to accomplish complex tasks with ease. The book discusses basics of using the shell, general commands and proceeds to show the reader how to use them to perform complex tasks with ease. Starting with the basics of the shell, we will learn simple commands with their usages allowing us to perform operations on files of different kind. The book then proceeds to explain text processing, web interaction and concludes with backups, monitoring and other sysadmin tasks. Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook, Second Edition serves as an excellent guide to solving day to day problems using the shell and few powerful commands together to create solutions.

Contents:

Shell something out

Have a good command

File in, file out

Texting and driving

Tangled web? not at all!

The backup plan

The old-boy network

Put on the monitor's cap

Administration calls.

Notes:

"Quick answers to common problems"--Cover.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781680153576

1680153579

9781782162759

1782162755

OCLC:

850162202