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Learning the bash Shell: Unix Shell Programming (In a Nutshell (OReilly))

ISBN: 0596009658
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 1998
Pages: 104

Authors: Cameron Newham

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• Copyright
• Preface
• bash Versions
• Summary of bash Features
• Intended Audience
• Code Examples
• Chapter Summary
• Conventions Used in This Handbook
• We d Like to Hear from You
• Acknowledgments for the First Edition
• Acknowledgments for the Second Edition
• Chapter 1. bash Basics
• What Is a Shell?
• Scope of This Book
• History of UNIX Shells
• Getting bash
• Interactive Shell Use
• Files
• Input and Output
• Background Jobs
• Special Characters and Quoting
• Help
• Chapter 2. Command-Line Editing
• Enabling Command-Line Editing
• The History File
• emacs Editing Mode
• vi Editing Mode
• The fc Command
• History Expansion
• readline
• Keyboard Habits
• Chapter 3. Customizing Your Environment
• The .bash_profile, .bash_logout, and .bashrc Files
• Aliases
• Options
• Shell Variables
• Customization and Subprocesses
• Customization Hints
• Chapter 4. Basic Shell Programming
• Shell Scripts and Functions
• Shell Variables
• String Operators
• Command Substitution
• Advanced Examples: pushd and popd
• Chapter 5. Flow Control
• ifelse
• for
• case
• select
• while and until
• Chapter 6. Command-Line Options and Typed Variables
• Command-Line Options
• Typed Variables
• Integer Variables and Arithmetic
• Arrays
• Chapter 7. InputOutput and Command-Line Processing
• IO Redirectors
• String IO
• Command-Line Processing
• Chapter 8. Process Handling
• Process IDs and Job Numbers
• Job Control
• Signals
• trap
• Coroutines
• Subshells
• Process Substitution
• Chapter 9. Debugging Shell Programs
• Basic Debugging Aids
• A bash Debugger
• Chapter 10. bash Administration
• Installing bash as the Standard Shell
• Environment Customization
• System Security Features
• Chapter 11. bash for Your System
• Obtaining bash
• Unpacking the Archive
• What s in the Archive
• Who Do I Turn to?
• Appendix A. Related Shells
• The Bourne Shell
• The IEEE 1003.2 POSIX Shell Standard
• The Korn Shell
• pdksh
• Workalikes on PC Platforms
• Appendix B. Reference Lists
• Invocation
• Built-In Commands and Reserved Words
• Environment Variables
• Test Operators
• set Options
• shopt Options
• IO Redirection
• emacs Mode Commands
• vi Control Mode Commands
• Appendix C. Loadable Built-Ins
• Appendix D. Syntax
• Reserved Words
• BNF for bash
• Appendix E. Obtaining Sample Programs
• FTP
• FTPMAIL