- •Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
- •Dedication
- •Table of Contents
- •Part 1. Introduction
- •Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
- •Chapter 2. Starting Off With a Sha-Bang
- •2.1. Invoking the script
- •2.2. Preliminary Exercises
- •Part 2. Basics
- •Chapter 3. Exit and Exit Status
- •Chapter 4. Special Characters
- •Chapter 5. Introduction to Variables and Parameters
- •5.1. Variable Substitution
- •5.2. Variable Assignment
- •5.3. Bash Variables Are Untyped
- •5.4. Special Variable Types
- •Chapter 6. Quoting
- •Chapter 7. Tests
- •7.1. Test Constructs
- •7.2. File test operators
- •7.3. Comparison operators (binary)
- •7.4. Nested if/then Condition Tests
- •7.5. Testing Your Knowledge of Tests
- •8.1. Operators
- •8.2. Numerical Constants
- •Part 3. Beyond the Basics
- •Chapter 9. Variables Revisited
- •9.1. Internal Variables
- •9.2. Manipulating Strings
- •9.3. Parameter Substitution
- •9.4. Typing variables: declare or typeset
- •9.5. Indirect References to Variables
- •9.6. $RANDOM: generate random integer
- •9.7. The Double Parentheses Construct
- •Chapter 10. Loops and Branches
- •10.1. Loops
- •10.2. Nested Loops
- •10.3. Loop Control
- •10.4. Testing and Branching
- •Chapter 11. Internal Commands and Builtins
- •12.1. Basic Commands
- •12.2. Complex Commands
- •12.3. Time / Date Commands
- •12.4. Text Processing Commands
- •12.5. File and Archiving Commands
- •12.6. Communications Commands
- •12.7. Terminal Control Commands
- •12.8. Math Commands
- •12.9. Miscellaneous Commands
- •Chapter 13. System and Administrative Commands
- •Chapter 14. Command Substitution
- •Chapter 15. Arithmetic Expansion
- •Chapter 16. I/O Redirection
- •16.1. Using exec
- •16.2. Redirecting Code Blocks
- •16.3. Applications
- •Chapter 17. Here Documents
- •Chapter 18. Recess Time
- •Part 4. Advanced Topics
- •Chapter 19. Regular Expressions
- •19.1. A Brief Introduction to Regular Expressions
- •19.2. Globbing
- •Chapter 20. Subshells
- •Chapter 21. Restricted Shells
- •Chapter 22. Process Substitution
- •Chapter 23. Functions
- •23.1. Complex Functions and Function Complexities
- •23.2. Local Variables
- •Chapter 24. Aliases
- •Chapter 25. List Constructs
- •Chapter 26. Arrays
- •Chapter 27. Files
- •Chapter 28. /dev and /proc
- •28.2. /proc
- •Chapter 29. Of Zeros and Nulls
- •Chapter 30. Debugging
- •Chapter 31. Options
- •Chapter 32. Gotchas
- •Chapter 33. Scripting With Style
- •Chapter 34. Miscellany
- •34.2. Shell Wrappers
- •34.3. Tests and Comparisons: Alternatives
- •34.4. Optimizations
- •34.5. Assorted Tips
- •34.6. Oddities
- •34.7. Security Issues
- •34.8. Portability Issues
- •34.9. Shell Scripting Under Windows
- •Chapter 35. Bash, version 2
- •36. Endnotes
- •36.1. Author's Note
- •36.2. About the Author
- •36.3. Tools Used to Produce This Book
- •36.4. Credits
- •List of Tables
- •List of Examples
- •Bibliography
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Table of Contents
19.Regular Expressions
19.1.A Brief Introduction to Regular Expressions
19.2.Globbing
20.Subshells
21.Restricted Shells
22.Process Substitution
23.Functions
23.1.Complex Functions and Function Complexities
23.2.Local Variables
24.Aliases
25.List Constructs
26.Arrays
27.Files
28./dev and /proc
28.1./dev
28.2./proc
29.Of Zeros and Nulls
30.Debugging
31.Options
32.Gotchas
33.Scripting With Style
33.1.Unofficial Shell Scripting Stylesheet
34.Miscellany
34.1.Interactive and non-interactive shells and scripts
34.2.Shell Wrappers
34.3.Tests and Comparisons: Alternatives
34.4.Optimizations
34.5.Assorted Tips
34.6.Oddities
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