... Alternative Shells
What Is the dash Shell?
The dash Shell Features
Scripting in dash
The zsh Shell
Parts of the zsh Shell
Scripting with zsh
Summary
Part IV: Advanced ShellScripting Topics ... beginning home Linux users
PCLinuxOS Full-blown Linux distribution on a LiveCD
Ubuntu A worldwide Linux project, designed for many languages
Slax A live Linux CD based on Slackware Linux
Puppy Linux A ... filesystems that a Linux system can use to read and write data.
Table 1.1 Linux Filesystems
Filesystem Description
ext Linux Extended filesystem—the original Linux filesystem
ext2 Second extended...
... ]
1.3 Versions, Latest Edition, and Errata
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The LinuxCookbook is available in both hardcopy and as a machine−readable file. The latest edition of this
book in ... [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]
The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use:
The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use 2
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3. What Every Linux User Knows
This ... electronic
The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use:
3. What Every Linux User Knows 23
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mail waiting for you (see section Email). Finally, the system puts you in a shell −−the...
... Bourne-Again
SHell )
Brian Fox and Chet
Ramey
Free Software
Foundation
Most common shell in
Linux. It's Freeware
shell.
CSH (C SHell) Bill Joy
University of California
(For BSD)
The C shell& apos;s ... another. For shell script,
$ myshell foo bar
Shell Script name i.e. myshell
First command line argument passed to myshell i.e. foo
Second command line argument passed to myshell i.e. bar
In shell ... called Shell. Shell
accepts your instruction or commands in English and translate it into computers
native binary language.
This is what Shell Does for US
Linux Shell Script Tutorial
http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/kershell.htm...
... successors were csh, a shell loosely based on the C language,
and the Korn shell (ksh), an improved Bourne shell developed by David G. Korn. Shell
designers incorporated commands into the shell for better ... to be
built into the shell wasn’t. Even arithmetic was performed by other programs outside of
the shell. This slowed the shell, but speed was not an important factor when the shell
spent most of ... first Unix shell was the developed by Steven R. Bourne in 1974 for the Seventh
Edition of Unix. Called the Bourne shell (or sh) in honor of its creator, it set the stan-
dard for Unix shells, including...
... 2007:
First Edition.
August 2010: Second Edition.
Nutshell
Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O’Reilly logo are registered trademarks of
O’Reilly Media, Inc. Windows PowerShell Cookbook, ... supports
scripting and other powerful features, its focus as a shell underpins everything.
Getting started in PowerShell is a simple matter of launching PowerShell.exe rather than
cmd.exe—the shells ... PowerShell immediately.
To launch Windows PowerShell, do one of the following:
• Click Start→All Programs→Accessories→Windows PowerShell
• Click Start→Run, and then type “PowerShell”
A PowerShell...
... interactive)
Commands :
read
select
The Saigon CTT
The Linux Shell
The Linux Shell
Shells : Bourne (sh), Bourne Again
(bash), Korn (ksh), C shell (csh, tcsh)
Programs start from command line ... | wc –l`
# echo $VAR1
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The Saigon CTT
The Linux Shell
The Linux Shell
Shells : Bourne (sh), Bourne Again
(bash), Korn (ksh), C shell (csh, tcsh)
Programs start from command line ... done
until <condition>
do
#list of commands to do
done
The Saigon CTT
Shell Environment Customize
Shell Environment Customize
bash config files :
•
/etc/profile
•
~/.bash_profile,...
... of
Shell Scripting Recipes:
A Problem-Solution
Approach
THE APRESS ROADMAP
Beginning the
Linux Command Line
Linux System
Administration Recipes
Beginning Portable Shell Scripting
Expert Shell ... books about shell scripting. His
first book, ShellScripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, was published by
Apress in 2005.
Introduced to Unix in 1990, Chris learned shellscripting ... 978-1-4302-1997-2
9 781430 219972
5 34 9 9
Pro Bash Programming:
Scripting the GNU /Linux Shell
Dear Reader,
The shell is a programming language! A shell script is as much a program as
anything written...
... Linux Command Line
Chapter 1: Starting with Linux Shells 3
Chapter 2: Getting to the Shell 25
Chapter 3: Basic bash Shell Commands 59
Chapter 4: More bash Shell Commands 91
Chapter 5: Using Linux ... Advanced gawk 501
Part IV Alternative Linux Shells
Chapter 20: The ash Shell 533
Chapter 21: The tcsh Shell 557
Chapter 22: The Korn Shell 587
Chapter 23: The zsh Shell 611
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Blum ... resource on the Linux
command line and shell commands. By the time you have completed Linux Command Line and
Shell Scripting Bible, you will be well prepared to write your own shell scripts that...
... function.
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Mastering UNIX
®
Shell
Scripting
Bash, Bourne, and Korn Shell
Scripting for Programmers, System
Administrators, and UNIX Gurus
Second Edition
Randal K. Michael
Wiley Publishing, ... Inc.
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Mastering UNIX
®
Shell
Scripting
Bash, Bourne, and Korn Shell
Scripting for Programmers, System
Administrators, and UNIX Gurus
Second Edition
Randal K. Michael
Wiley Publishing, ... exist.
Running a Shell Script
A shell script can be executed in the following ways:
ksh shell_ script_name
will create a Korn shell and exe cute the shell_ script_name in the newly created
Korn shell environment....
... workplaces.
Beginning Ubuntu Linux, SecondEdition purely and simply focuses on what you need
to know to use Linux. It’s concise and to the point, aiming to re-create under Linux all the
stuff you ...
programs that make up the operating system as Linux. ”
GNU /LINUX
Although most of us refer to Linux as a complete operating system, the title Linux hides a lot of confusing
but rather important ... the
fact that Linux is simply better than every other choice out there. Many argue that it’s more
secure and faster than other operating systems. But here’s the kicker Linux is free of
charge....
... 40
Introduction to Red Hat Linux and UNIX
C
HAPTER 1
5
1
INTRODUCTION
TO
R
ED HAT LINUX
AND
UNIX
Advantages of Linux
So, why would you choose Linux over UNIX? As already mentioned, Linux is free. Like UNIX,
it ... developed
software for Linux.
■ Lower cost than most other UNIX systems and UNIX clones—If you have the
patience and the time, you can freely downloadLinux off the Internet. Many books
also come with a free copy. ... could guess (your name, phone number, birthday, and so on). You are
Red Hat Linux, Second Edition
U
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xviii
B Top 50 Linux Commands and Utilities 611
General Guidelines 612
The List 612
. 613
&...
... simply run
tar xzf linux- 2.0.30.tar.gz
where linux- 2.0.30.tar.gz is the name of the kernel you downloaded. This line decompresses
and untars the kernel into the
/usr/src /linux directory.
TIP
If ... ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub /linux/ sunsite/kernel
■ ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub /Linux/ kernel
■ ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub /linux/ sources/system
The source tree comes in one large file titled linux- X.X.XX.tar.gz, ... having to download it again would be
nice! Instead, create a new directory titled linux- 2.0.30, where 2.0.30 is the version
number of the new kernel. Then create a symbolic link from /usr/src/linux...
... FTP. For a shell to be
valid, it must be listed in the
/etc/shells file. If you decide to install a new shell, be sure to add
it to your
/etc/shells listing so that people using that shell can ... account, an additional check is performed to
ensure that the user has a valid shell. If the user doesn’t have a valid shell, he or she is denied
access into the system. This check is useful if you ... system. Red Hat includes the current version of Apache with its overall
Linux product. However, if the latest version of Red Hat Linux is a few months old, a more
recent version of Apache can be found...
... message
Cannot find a free VT. XFree86 needs a free virtual
terminal (VT) on which to run. So if you have put a
getty process on every virtual
console in your
/etc/inittab, XFree86 is not able ... complete build of the XFree86 system. Anything you need to know for compiling
XFree86, you can find in the following files (in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc): INSTALL, README,
and
README .Linux.
Note that ... Start End Blocks ID System
/dev/hda1 1 1 244 122944 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 245 245 375 66024 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 376 376 1060 345240 83 Linux native
In this case, there are three primary partitions,...