Effective Shell

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I: Core Skills
Chapter 1: Flying on the Command Line
Chapter 2: Thinking in Pipelines
Chapter 3: Finding Files

Part II: Manipulating Text and Streams
Chapter 4: Regular Expression Essentials
Chapter 5: Getting to Grips with grep
Chapter 6: Slicing and Dicing Text
Chapter 7: Advanced Text Manipulation with sed
Chapter 8: Building Commands on the Fly

Part III: Shell Scripting
Chapter 9: Shell Script Fundamentals
Chapter 10: Using Variables to Store, Read, and Manipulate Data
Chapter 11: Mastering Conditional Logic
Chapter 12: Using Loops with Files and Folders
Chapter 13: Functions, Parameters, and Error Handling
Chapter 14: Useful Patterns for Shell Scripts

Part IV: Building Your Toolkit
Chapter 15: Configuring Your Shell
Chapter 16: Customizing Your Command Prompt
Chapter 17: Managing Your Dot Files
Chapter 18: Controlling Changes with Git
Chapter 19: Managing Remote Git Repositories and Sharing Dot Files

Part V: Advanced Techniques
Chapter 20: Shell Expansion
Chapter 21: Alternatives to Shell Scripting
Chapter 22: The Secure Shell
Chapter 23: The Power of Terminal Editors
Chapter 24: Mastering the Multiplexer

Afterword: Generative AI and the Shell
Appendix A: Setup
Appendix B: Shell Basics
Index