Table of Contents

Learning the bash Shell, 3rd Edition
By Cameron Newham
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: March 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00965-8
Pages: 352

Table of Contents  | Index  | Errata

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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
			Using Code Examples
			Safari Enabled
			Acknowledgments for the First Edition
			Acknowledgments for the Second Edition
			Acknowledgments for the Third Edition
		Chapter 1.  bash Basics
			Section 1.1.  What Is a Shell?
			Section 1.2.  Scope of This Book
			Section 1.3.  History of UNIX Shells
			Section 1.4.  Getting bash
			Section 1.5.  Interactive Shell Use
			Section 1.6.  Files
			Section 1.7.  Input and Output
			Section 1.8.  Background Jobs
			Section 1.9.  Special Characters and Quoting
			Section 1.10.  Help
		Chapter 2.  Command-Line Editing
			Section 2.1.  Enabling Command-Line Editing
			Section 2.2.  The History List
			Section 2.3.  emacs Editing Mode
			Section 2.4.  vi Editing Mode
			Section 2.5.  The fc Command
			Section 2.6.  History Expansion
			Section 2.7.  readline
			Section 2.8.  Keyboard Habits
		Chapter 3.  Customizing Your Environment
			Section 3.1.  The .bash_profile, .bash_logout, and .bashrc Files
			Section 3.2.  Aliases
			Section 3.3.  Options
			Section 3.4.  Shell Variables
			Section 3.5.  Customization and Subprocesses
			Section 3.6.  Customization Hints
		Chapter 4.  Basic Shell Programming
			Section 4.1.  Shell Scripts and Functions
			Section 4.2.  Shell Variables
			Section 4.3.  String Operators
			Section 4.4.  Command Substitution
			Section 4.5.  Advanced Examples: pushd and popd
		Chapter 5.  Flow Control
			Section 5.1.  if/else
			Section 5.2.  for
			Section 5.3.  case
			Section 5.4.  select
			Section 5.5.  while and until
		Chapter 6.  Command-Line Options and Typed Variables
			Section 6.1.  Command-Line Options
			Section 6.2.  Typed Variables
			Section 6.3.  Integer Variables and Arithmetic
			Section 6.4.  Arrays
		Chapter 7.  Input/Output and Command-Line Processing
			Section 7.1.  I/O Redirectors
			Section 7.2.  String I/O
			Section 7.3.  Command-Line Processing
		Chapter 8.  Process Handling
			Section 8.1.  Process IDs and Job Numbers
			Section 8.2.  Job Control
			Section 8.3.  Signals
			Section 8.4.  trap
			Section 8.5.  Coroutines
			Section 8.6.  Subshells
			Section 8.7.  Process Substitution
		Chapter 9.  Debugging Shell Programs
			Section 9.1.  Basic Debugging Aids
			Section 9.2.  A bash Debugger
		Chapter 10.  bash Administration
			Section 10.1.  Installing bash as the Standard Shell
			Section 10.2.  Environment Customization
			Section 10.3.  System Security Features
		Chapter 11.  Shell Scripting
			Section 11.1.  What's That Do?
			Section 11.2.  Starting Up
			Section 11.3.  Potential Problems
			Section 11.4.  Don't Use bash
		Chapter 12.  bash for Your System
			Section 12.1.  Obtaining bash
			Section 12.2.  Unpacking the Archive
			Section 12.3.  What's in the Archive
			Section 12.4.  Who Do I Turn to?
		Appendix A.  Related Shells
			Section A.1.  The Bourne Shell
			Section A.2.  The IEEE 1003.2 POSIX Shell Standard
			Section A.3.  The Korn Shell
			Section A.4.  pdksh
			Section A.5.  zsh
			Section A.6.  Shell Clones and Unix-like Platforms
		Appendix B.  Reference Lists
			Section B.1.  Invocation
			Section B.2.  Prompt String Customizations
			Section B.3.  Built-In Commands and Reserved Words
			Section B.4.  Built-In Shell Variables
			Section B.5.  Test Operators
			Section B.6.  set Options
			Section B.7.  shopt Options
			Section B.8.  I/O Redirection
			Section B.9.  emacs Mode Commands
			Section B.10.  vi Control Mode Commands
		Appendix C.  Loadable Built-Ins
		Appendix D.  Programmable Completion
		Colophon
		Index