It's simple: you need to know how to work with the bash shell if you want to get to the heart of Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix systems. Updated for the most recent version of bash, this concise little book puts all of the essential information about bash at your fingertips. You'll quickly find answers to annoying questions that always come up when you're writing shell scripts -- What characters do you need to quote? How do you get variable substitution to do exactly what you want? How do you use arrays? -- and much more.
If you're a user or programmer of any Unix variant, or if you're using bash on Windows, you'll find this pocket reference indispensable. This book covers:
Invoking the Shell
Syntax
Functions
Variables
Arithmetic Expressions
Command History
Programmable Completion
Job Control
Shell Options
Command Execution
Coprocesses
Restricted Shells
Built-in Commands
If you're a user or programmer of any Unix variant, or if you're using bash on Windows, you'll find this pocket reference indispensable. This book covers:
Invoking the Shell
Syntax
Functions
Variables
Arithmetic Expressions
Command History
Programmable Completion
Job Control
Shell Options
Command Execution
Coprocesses
Restricted Shells
Built-in Commands
"Was ich wirklich gut fand sind die vielen Beispiele im Buch, [...] und dass man es als 'man page' Ersatz für eine Reihe von (eingebauten) Befehlen nutzen kann. Alles in allem ist es eine nützliche Referenz für jemanden, der ein bash-Befehl auf die Schnelle finden muss oder vergessen hat wie man in bash zwei Zahlen addiert." -- IT-Stammtisch Darmstadt, Oktober 2010