Chapter 25. Harnessing the Power of the ShellWhat You'll Learn in This Chapter:
This chapter represents the last of our Linux command-line training lessons. In it, you learn many of the more advanced techniques for interacting with the shell. This chapter is not exhaustive by any means; the focus is on basic skills and on whetting your appetite for more, in hopes that you'll study more man pages or even read a more in-depth book about the very powerful Linux shell. Because this chapter is all about shell scripts, be prepared to spend a lot of time working inside a text editor, such as vi or emacs. If you've forgotten how these editors work or don't feel familiar with them any longer, you might want to review Chapter 20, "Creating, Editing, and Saving Text Files," before continuing. |