This comprehensive book is a practical, easy-to-use guide to programming and using the Bourne shell for beginners and experienced users - the Bourne shell is the standard shell for UNIX, and is also fully backward compatible to the Linux BASH shell. This book will fully illustrate the ability of the shell to unlock the real potential of UNIX and Linux, and aims to get the reader up, running and creating robust shell scripts for real tasks and situations as quickly as possible - shell scripts that will work on any mainstream UNIX or Linux machine.
If you are new to UNIX and Linux or if you are a power user in waiting then this book is for you. Most shell programming books merely annotate manual pages and syntax , but in this book users of all abilities will find plenty of practical working examples - all of which are available as full code script via an ftp site - as well as a host of tips, tricks and code one-liners, that will save you time on a day-to-day basis. The book is organized into self-contained chapters on individual topics for ease of reference.
About the Author, Mr David Tansley
David Tansley has many years' experience in UNIX, and more recently Linux, as a systems administrator on a variety of platforms, and is currently a Systems and Database Administrator at Ace Global Markets, a Lloyds of London Underwriting Agency.
A guide to programming and using the Bourne shell for beginners and experienced users. Illustrates the ability of the shell to unlock the real potential of UNIX and Linux, and aims to get readers creating robust shell scripts for real tasks and situations as quickly as possible. Part I deals with the shell itself, and Part II introduces major text filtering tools. Part III explains the login environment and customization, and Part IV covers basic shell programming. Part V introduces advanced techniques. The author is a systems and database administrator at Ace Global Markets. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
