Unix Shell - Announcing: version 2.7 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide."

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Announcing: version 2.7 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide."

2004-04-28, 7:34 pm

Announcing the version 2.7 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide."
This e-book tutorial and reference is the equivalent of a 556-page print
book.

With 293 illustrative examples, the book covers virtually every aspect of
scripting.

This e-book now contains printable reference cards, just like commercially
available computer tutorials.

The author invites comparisons with any of the commercially printed books on
shell scripting. His aim was to write "best of category" documentation.

"This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of
scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an
intermediate/advanced level of instruction ...all the while
sneaking in little snippets of UNIX wisdom and lore. It serves
as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and 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."
-- from the Introduction

License: Open Publication License
This means the book is free and freely distributable.

URLs:
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Linux Documentation Project:
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.pdf

Sunsite:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/do...ject/abs-guide/
Postscript --

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/do...abs-guide.ps.gz

Text --

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/do...bs-guide.txt.gz

Author's home page:
http://personal.riverusers.com/~the...ide-2.7.tar.bz2 [ 631k ]
(bzip2-ed tarball containing SGML source, all example scripts,
and rendered HTML)

Alan Connor

2004-04-28, 8:34 pm

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:20:47 -0700, aw <aw@net.org> wrote:
>
>
> Announcing the version 2.7 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide."
> This e-book tutorial and reference is the equivalent of a 556-page print
> book.

<snip>

Thank you VERY much, aw/Mendel and the gang.

From the document:

<quote>

Stephane Chazelas sent a long list of corrections, additions, and example
scripts. More than a contributor, he has, in effect, taken on the role of
editor for this document. Merci beaucoup!

</quote

One of the "resident gurus" here, for any newcomers.

And Peter Tillier contributed too.

AC

Chris F.A. Johnson

2004-04-29, 3:34 am

On 2004-04-28, aw wrote:
> Announcing the version 2.7 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide."
> This e-book tutorial and reference is the equivalent of a 556-page print
> book.

Please correct this (from
<http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/histcommands.html>

Unfortunately, the Bash history tools find no use in scripting.

Not all features, but history can be used.

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