Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

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Advanced Bash-Scripting GuideAn in-depth exploration of the art of shell scriptingMendel Mar 2014Revision HistoryRevision Apr 2012Revised by: mc'TUNGSTENBERRY' releaseRevision Nov 2012Revised by: mc'YTTERBIUMBERRY' releaseRevision 1010 Mar 2014Revised by: mc'PUBLICDOMAIN' releaseThis tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, yet progresses rapidly toward anintermediate/ Advanced level of instruction . . . all the while sneaking in little nuggets of UNIX wisdom andlore. It serves as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and as a reference and source of knowledge on shellscripting techniques. The exercises and heavily-commented examples invite active reader participation, underthe premise that the only way to really learn scripting is to write book is suitable for classroom use as a general introduction to programming document is herewith granted to the Public Domain.

all-in-one languages, such as Perl, which attempt to be all things to all people, but at the cost of forcing you to alter your thinking processes to fit the tool. According to Herbert Mayer, "a useful language needs arrays, pointers, and a generic mechanism for building data structures."

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