Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Sriranga Veeraraghavan (Author)

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Product Description
Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours is a tutorial aimed at making the UNIX and Linux user more effective and productive users of the operating system. It does this by showing them how to take control of their systems by harnessing the power of the shell. The vast majority of users utilize either the Korn shell or some variation of the Bourne shell. This book will cover both of these. It will begin with a more generalized tutorial of shell programming and then move into the specifics of each of the shells. It covers everything from managing input/output, creating and utilizing variables, to customizing their shell.

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Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours is a tutorial aimed at making the UNIX and Linux user more effective and productive users of the operating system. It does this by showing them how to take control of their systems by harnessing the power of the shell. The vast majority of users utilize either the Korn shell or some variation of the Bourne shell. This book will cover both of these. It will begin with a more generalized tutorial of shell programming and then move into the specifics of each of the shells. It covers everything from managing input/output, creating and utilizing variables, to customizing their shell.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 486 pages
• Publisher: Sams; illustrated edition edition (February 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672314819
• ISBN-13: 978-0672314810
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #769,697 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to learn shell scripting, April 20, 2000

By A Customer

I took a class in shell scripting and learned almost nothing...

I tried a couple of other books and then was lucky enough to findthis one.

Hey, it's short, it's clear and it has a few questions at the end of every chapter that let you test your knowledge. It's also organized so you can learn one thing at a time, which is different from others that throw lots of things at you, but don't explain them all till later.

Anyway, forget the rest. Just get this little, inexpensive book. It will get you up to speed fast.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressed, July 13, 2002

By	Dan "trueno13-954" (NY) - See all my reviews

This is probably one of the best books by Sams that I've read. If you want to start shell programming, you've picked up the perfect book, even if you're new to Unix. It starts off by first getting you familiar with the basic Unix commands: ls, pwd, cp, mv, cat, etc. and telling you the basics of Unix and Shells. Then it goes over file systems and modifying attributes. Later when you're comfortable, it holds your hand through the shell programming syntax, logic, substititution, regular expressions, and essential tools such as awk and sed. This book contains other gems and snippets that have helped me through many projects. Overall good buy.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT tutorials that will have you scripting in no time!, May 27, 1999

By A Customer

I've spent the last month learning the basic commands of Unix. Where the real challenge of System Administration comes in is writing scripts. Never has there been a book so useful! Better than O'Reilly shell books..