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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.

Bourne shell. Bash has become a de facto standard for shell scripting on most flavors of UNIX. Most of the principles this book covers apply equally well to scripting with other shells, such as the Korn Shell, from which Bash derives some of its features, [4] and the C Shell and its variants. (Note that C Shell programming

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