Beginning Shell Scripting

DESCRIPTION

Programmer Foster-Johnson et al. provide a guide to shell scripting,
fundamentals and techniques, with a focus on the Bourne shell. These
include controlling scripts, interacting with the environment, scripting
with files, processing text with sed and awk, command pipelines,
controlling processes, functions, debugging, graphing data with MRTG,
and scripting for administrators and for the desktop. There is no
bibliography. The book is especially aimed at Mac OS X and Linux users.
Annotation 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Introducing shells 1
Ch. 2 Introducing shell scripts 39
Ch. 3 Controlling how scripts run 85
Ch. 4 Interacting with the environment 135
Ch. 5 Scripting with files 167
Ch. 6 Processing text with sed 189
Ch. 7 Processing text with awk 229
Ch. 8 Creating command pipelines 257
Ch. 9 Controlling processes 275
Ch. 10 Shell scripting functions 299
Ch. 11 Debugging shell scripts 317
Ch. 12 Graphing data with MRTG 339
Ch. 13 Scripting for administrators 375
Ch. 14 Scripting for the Desktop 395