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Bash Guide for BeginnersMachtelt GarrelsGarrels BVBA<tille wants no spam _at_ garrels dot be>Version Last updated 20081227 EditionTable of Why this Guide ?.................................. ........................................ ........................................ .................12. Who should read this book?................................... ........................................ ......................................13 . New versions, translations and Revision Copyright What do you need?................................... ........................................ ........................................ ............49. Conventions used in this Organization of this 1. Bash and Bash Common shell General shell Shell Advantages of the Bourne Again Bash is the GNU Features only found in Executing Shell built-in Executing programs from a Building Shell building Developing good Properties of good A word on order and An example Bash script: Example init 2.

Everybody working on a UNIX or UNIX-like system who wants to make life easier on themselves, power users and sysadmins alike, can benefit from reading this book. Readers who already have a grasp of working the system using the command line will learn the ins and outs of shell scripting that ease execution of daily tasks.

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