Bash cookbook / Carl Albing, J.P. Vossen and Cameron Newham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albing, Carl.

Contributor:

Newham, Cameron.

Vossen, J. P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

UNIX (Computer file).

UNIX Shells.

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (624 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Who Should Read This Book; About This Book; GNU Software; A Note About Code Examples; Useless Use of cat; A Note About Perl; More Resources; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; We'd Like to Hear from You; Safari® Enabled; Acknowledgments; Reviewers; O'Reilly; From the Authors; Carl; JP; Cameron; Beginning bash; Why bash?; The bash Shell; 1.1 Decoding the Prompt; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.2 Showing Where You Are; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.3 Finding and Running Commands; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also

1.4 Getting Information About FilesProblem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.5 Showing All Hidden (dot) Files in the Current Directory; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.6 Using Shell Quoting; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.7 Using or Replacing Built-ins and External Commands; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.8 Determining If You Are Running Interactively; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.9 Setting bash As Your Default Shell; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.10 Getting bash for Linux; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also

1.11 Getting bash for xBSDProblem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.12 Getting bash for Mac OS X; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.13 Getting bash for Unix; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.14 Getting bash for Windows; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.15 Getting bash Without Getting bash; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.16 Learning More About bash Documentation; Problem; Solution; Official documentation; Other documentation; See Also; Standard Output; 2.1 Writing Output to the Terminal/Window; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also

2.2 Writing Output but Preserving SpacingProblem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.3 Writing Output with More Formatting Control; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.4 Writing Output Without the Newline; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.5 Saving Output from a Command; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.6 Saving Output to Other Files; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.7 Saving Output from the ls Command; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.8 Sending Both Output and Error Messages to Different Files; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also

2.9 Sending Both Output and Error Messages to the Same FileProblem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.10 Appending Rather Than Clobbering Output; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.11 Using Just the Beginning or End of a File; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.12 Skipping a Header in a File; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.13 Throwing Output Away; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.14 Saving or Grouping Output from Several Commands; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.15 Connecting Two Programs by Using Output As Input; Problem; Solution; Discussion

See Also

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596554705

0596554702

9780596516031

0596516037

OCLC:

770009147