UNIX Shells by Example

Name: UNIX Shells by Example
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ISBN: 9780130665386

ISBN-10: 013066538X

ISBN-13: 9780130665386

Edition: 3rd 2002

Authors: Ellie Quigley

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UNIX Shells by Example, Third Edition is your complete, step-by-step guide to all five essential UNIX shells -- bash, tcsh, C, Bourne, and Korn -- and all three essential UNIX shell programming utilities, awk, sed and grep. This new Third Edition is better than ever, with hundreds of completely updated, classroom-proven examples from Silicon Valley's top UNIX and Linux instructor, Ellie Quigley. Starting with the basics, Quigley gets you all the way to expert-level techniques. Along the way, you'll learn what UNIX shells are, what they do, and how they integrate with other UNIX utilities and processes. You'll master creating, running, and debugging shell scripts; using grep, egrep and…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 10/24/2001
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 1040
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English



Preface



Introduction to UNIX Shells


Definition and Function


System Startup and the Login Shell


Processes and the Shell


The Environment and Inheritance


Executing Commands from Scripts



The UNIX Toolbox


Regular Expressions


Combining Regular Expression Metacharacters



The grep Family


The grep Command


grep Examples with Regular Expressions


grep with Pipes


grep with Options


egrep (Extended grep)


Fixed grep or Fast grep



sed, the Streamlined Editor


What Is sed? How Does sed Work? Addressing


Commands and Options


Error Messages and Exit Status


sed Examples


sed Scripting



The awk Utility: awk as a UNIX Tool


What Is awk? awk's Format


Formatting Output


awk Commands from Within a File


Records and Fields


Patterns and Actions


Regular Expressions


awk Commands in a Script File


Review



The awk Utility: awk Programming Constructs


Comparison Expressions


Review



The awk Utility: awk Programming


Variables


Redirection and Pipes


Pipes


Closing Files and Pipes


Review


Conditional Statements


Loops


Program Control Statements


Arrays


awk Built-In Functions


Built-In Arithmetic Functions


User-Defined Functions (nawk)


Review


Odds and Ends


Review



The Interactive Bourne Shell


Startup


Programming with the Bourne Shell



The C Shell


The Interactive C Shell


Programming with the C Shell



The Korn Shell


Interactive Korn Shell


Programming with the Korn Shell



The Interactive bash Shell


Introduction


Command Line Shortcuts


Variables



Programming with the bash Shell


Introduction


Reading User Input


Arithmetic


Positional Parameters and Command Line Arguments


Conditional Constructs and Flow Control


Looping Commands


Functions


Trapping Signals


Debugging


Processing Command Line Options with getopts


The eval Command and Parsing the Command Line


bash Options


Shell Built-In Commands



The Interactive TC Shell


Introduction


The TC Shell Environment


Command Line Shortcuts


Job Control


Metacharacters


Redirection and Pipes


Variables


Arrays


Special Variables and Modifiers


Command Substitution


Quoting


Built-In Commands



Useful UNIX Utilities for Shell Programmers



Comparison of the Shells



Steps for Using Quoting Correctly


Index