UNIX & Linux Shell Scripting: The Tutorial
This book is intended for administrators of applications, system administrators, DBA, and programmers who work on UNIX or UNIX-Like (Linux, BSD) systems, and wish to learn to write automated programs in order to ease their work. <br /><br />The reader will learn the most important languages for scripting in the UNIX & UNIX-like systems: Korn Shell 88, Korn Shell 93, BASH, POSIX Shell, SED and AWK. <br /> <br />Through simple and progressive examples, the reader will be taught to: <br />â–ªCreate programs ranging from the most basic to the most complex <br />â–ªWrite programs for starting, stopping and monitoring applications <br />â–ªWrite checking programs before running some destructive commands <br />â–ªReplace repetitive manual tasks by programs created once and for all.<br /><br />The book is abouth the following languages:<br />-Korn Shell (ksh88 and ksh93), BASH, and POSIX Shell<br />-AWK, NAWK and POSIX AWK<br />-SED<br />