Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting

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This comprehensive book takes you step-by-step through the process of writing shell scripts to solve real world Unix problems and tasks. Each chapter begins by presenting a typical Unix challenge that you'll most likely experience at your job. With each challenge, you'll learn how to identify a specific goal and start the shell script by defining the correct command syntax to solve the problem. You'll find out how to build the shell script around the commands, filter the commands output to strip out the unneeded data, and add options that give users more flexibility on the command line. Communications such as automated event notification, monitoring processes locally and on remote systems, and automated FTP file transfers. Information gathering and monitoring for file systems, paging/swap space, system load, applications, processes, and capturing the system's configuration. Floating point mathematics in shell scripts using the bc utility.

  • Cost: $31.50
  • Pages: 640
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • ISBN: 0471218219

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Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting

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Released Date:

January 31, 2003

Cost:

$31.50

List Price:

$45.00

Pages:

640

Edition:

1st edition

ISBN:

0471218219

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons

Author:

Randal K. Michael

Keywords:

unix shell scripts, linux shell scipts, freebsd shell scripts, debian shell scripts, shell script syntax

Summary:

Learn to write shell scripts

Description:

This comprehensive book takes you step-by-step through the process of writing shell scripts to solve real world Unix problems and tasks. Each chapter begins by presenting a typical Unix challenge that you'll most likely experience at your job. With each challenge, you'll learn how to identify a specific goal and start the shell script by defining the correct command syntax to solve the problem. You'll find out how to build the shell script around the commands, filter the commands output to strip out the unneeded data, and add options that give users more flexibility on the command line. Communications such as automated event notification, monitoring processes locally and on remote systems, and automated FTP file transfers. Information gathering and monitoring for file systems, paging/swap space, system load, applications, processes, and capturing the system's configuration. Floating point mathematics in shell scripts using the bc utility.

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