Beginning Portable Shell Scripting
From Novice to Professional
Published on 30. September 2008
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376 pages
978-1-4302-1044-3 (ISBN)
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Portable shell scripting is the future of modern Linux, OS X, and Unix command-line access. Beginning Portable Shell Scripting: From Novice to Professional teaches shell scripting by using the common core of most shells and expands those principles to all of scripting.
You will learn about portable scripting and how to use the same syntax and design principles for all shells. You'll discover about the interaction between shells and other scripting languages like Ruby and Python, and everything you learn will be shown in context for Linux, OS X, bash, and AppleScript.
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Peter Seebach has been using Unix since he needed to sit on a phone book to reach the keyboard. He's been writing professionally about Unix for mass audiences since the last millennium. He is currently employed as a senior software engineer at Wind River Systems and continues to write prolifically on a freelance basis.
Content
Introduction.- Basic shell scripting.- Understanding the shell.- Shell language portability.- Utility portability.- Shell script Design.- Bringing it all together.- One-off scripts.