Cooper, Mendel Advanced Bash Scripting Guide - Volume 1: An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting ( Revision 10 ) (170640039X)

Summary

This comprehensive and authoritative book about bash programming is a must-have book for any Linux/Unix professionals.

It is both a tutorial and a reference on shell scripting with Bash.It assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an intermediate/advanced level of instruction . . . all the while sneaking in little nuggets of UNIX(R) wisdom and lore.

It serves as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and as a reference and source of knowledge on shell scripting techniques.

The exercises and heavily-commented examples invite active reader participation, under the premise that the only way to really learn scripting is to write scripts.

This book is suitable for classroom use as a general introduction to programming concepts.

Notes: this book has been splited into Volume 1 and Volume 2.Volume 1 contains all content except appdendixes. ( https: //www.amazon.com/dp/170640039X ) Volume 2 contains all appdendixes. ( https: //www.amazon.com/dp/1707048916)

Table of Contents of Volume 1

1. Part 1. Introduction
2. 1. Shell Programming
3. 2. Starting Off With a Sha-Bang
4. Part 2. Basics
5. 3. Special Characters
6. 4. Introduction to Variables and Parameters
7. 5. Quoting
8. 6. Exit and Exit Status
9. 7. Tests
10. 8. Operations and Related Topics
11. Part 3. Beyond the Basics
12. 9. Another Look at Variables
13. 10. Manipulating Variables
14. 11. Loops and Branches
15. 12. Command Substitution
16. 13. Arithmetic Expansion
17. 14. Recess Time
18. Part 4. Commands
19. 15. Internal Commands and Builtins
20. 16. External Filters, Programs and Commands
21. 17. System and Administrative Commands
22. Part 5. Advanced Topics
23. 18. Regular Expressions
24. 19. Here Documents
25. 20. I/O Redirection
26. 21. Subshells
27. 22. Restricted Shells
28. 23. Process Substitution
29. 24. Functions
30. 25. Aliases
31. 26. List Constructs
32. 27. Arrays
33. 28. Indirect References
34. 29. /dev and /proc
35. 30. Network Programming
36. 31. Of Zeros and Nulls
37. 32. Debugging
38. 33. Options
39. 34. Gotchas
40. 35. Scripting With Style
41. 36. Miscellany
42. 37. Bash, versions 2, 3, and 4
43. 38. Endnotes
44. 38.1. Author's Note
45. 38.2. About the Author
46. 38.3. Where to Go For Help
47. 38.4. Tools Used to Produce This Book
48. 38.5. Credits
49. 38.6. Disclaimer
50. Bibliography