Wicked Cool Shell Scripts

Book Details:

Publisher:	No Starch Press
Series:	No Starch
Author:	Dave Taylor
Edition:	1
ISBN-10:	1593270127
ISBN-13:	9781593270124

Pages:	488
Published:	Jan 15 2004
Posted:	Nov 19 2014
Language:	English
Book format:	PDF
Book size:	5.91 MB

Book Description:

Fun and functional Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX shell scripts The UNIX shell is the main scripting environment of every Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX system, whether a rescued laptop or a million-dollar mainframe. This cookbook of useful, customizable, and fun scripts gives you the tools to solve common Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX problems and personalize your computing environment. Among the more than 100 scripts included are an interactive calculator, a spell checker, a disk backup utility, a weather tracker, and a web logfile analysis tool. The book also teaches you how to write your own sophisticated shell scripts by explaining the syntax and techniques used to build each example scripts. Examples are written in Bourne Shell (sh) syntax.

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