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Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours

Copyright

Introduction

• How This Book Is Organized
• Conventions Used in This Book
• About the Author
  
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments

Part I   Introduction to UNIX and Shell Tools

Hour 1: Shell Basics

• What Is a Command?
• What Is the Shell?
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 2: Script Basics

• The UNIX System
• Shell Initialization
• Getting Help
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 3: Working with Files

• Listing Files
• Viewing the Content of a File
• Manipulating Files
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 4: Working With Directories

• The Directory Tree
• Switching Directories
• Listing Files and Directories
• Manipulating Directories
• Summary
• Questions

Hour 5: Manipulating File Attributes

• File Types
• Owners, Groups, and Permissions
• Summary
• Questions

Hour 6: Processes

• Starting a Process
• Listing Running Processes
• Killing a Process (kill Command)
• Parent and Child Processes
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Part II   Shell Programming

Hour 7: Variables

• Defining Variables
• Unsetting Variables
• Environment Variables
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 8: Substitution

• Filename Substitution (Globbing)
• Variable Substitution
• Command and Arithmetic Substitution
• Summary
• Questions

Hour 9: Quoting

• Quoting with Backslashes
• Using Single Quotes
• Using Double Quotes
• Quoting Rules and Situations
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 10: Flow Control

• The if Statement
• The case Statement
• Summary
• Questions

Hour 11: Loops

• The while Loop
• The for and select Loops
• Loop Control
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 12: Parameters

• Special Variables
• Options and Arguments
• Option Parsing in Shell Scripts
• Conclusion
• Questions

Hour 13: Input/Output

• Output
• Input
• File Descriptors
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 14: Functions

• Creating and Using Functions
• Sharing Data Between Functions, an Example
• Conclusion
• Questions

Hour 15: Text Filters

• The head and tail Commands
• Using grep
• Counting Words
• Summary
• Questions

Hour 16: Filtering Text Using Regular Expressions

• The Basics of awk and sed
• Using sed
• Summary
• Questions

Hour 17: Filtering Text with awk

• What is awk?
• Using awk Features
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 18: Miscellaneous Tools

• The eval Command
• The : Command
• The type Command
• The sleep Command
• The find Command
• xargs
• The expr Command
• The bc Command
• remsh/rsh/rcmd/remote (Remote Shell)
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Part III   Advanced Topics

Hour 19: Dealing with Signals

• How Are Signal Represented?
• Dealing with Signals
• Conclusion
• Questions

Hour 20: Debugging

• Enabling Debugging
• Syntax Checking
• Shell Tracing
• Summary
• Questions

Hour 21: Problem Solving with Functions

• Creating a Library of Functions
• Useful Functions
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 22: Problem Solving with Shell Scripts

• Moving Directories
• Maintaining an Address Book
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 23: Scripting for Portability

• Determining UNIX Versions
• Techniques for Increasing Portability
• Summary
• Questions
• Terms

Hour 24: Shell Programming FAQs

• Shell and Command Questions
• Variable and Argument Questions
• File and Directory Questions
• Summary

Part IV   Appendixes

Appendix A: Command Quick Reference

• Reserved Words and Built-in Shell Commands
• Conditional Expressions
• Arithmetic Expressions (Korn/Bash Only)
• Parameters and Variables
• Parameter Substitution
• Pattern Matching
• I/O
• Miscellaneous Command Summaries
• Regular Expression Wildcards
• Summary
• Questions

Appendix B: Glossary

Appendix C: Quiz Answers

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19
• Chapter 20
• Chapter 21
• Chapter 22
• Chapter 23
• Appendix A

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