Hands-On KornShell 93 Programming
Hands-On KornShell93 Programming is a self-paced tutorial that introduces you to the essentials of KornShell programming. Based almost entirely on short, focused examples that demonstrate central concepts and effective programming techniques, it will quickly bring you up to speed. The book reflects the newest version of KornShell, KSH93. It also provides coverage of significant developments, such as CGI programming with KornShell, and offers an in-depth look at KornShell string handling. Humorously written, the book makes it easy to learn KornShell essentials, including data types, math, pattern matching, conditions, loops, menus, command-line arguments, functions, start-up scripts, I/O, strings, variables, background processes, and CGI scripts. Highlighted "Beware" sections will warn you of potential pitfalls and keep you on the track to learning effective KornShell programming. CD-ROM contains the U/WIN package of popular UNIX utilities.
- Cost: $47.95
- Pages: 444
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 020131018X
Korn Shell Programming by Example
Korn Shell Programming by Example is a straight-forward, nuts and bolts book that will become a standard in the libraries of Unix administrators everywhere because of its real-life examples, progressive style, and lack of unnecessary fluff. Based on the Korn shell, it is an essential reference for administrators on how to program their system, and it is also beneficial for those new to Unix who need to know how to automate their system. Most of all, Korn Shell Programming by Example teaches and arms readers with the ability to solve problems they might encounter. Shows system administrators how to program using Korn Shell 93 and automate many of their daily tasks. The author discusses building scripts with variables and functions, manipulating data and files, controlling the flow of logic within a script, and using filters to isolate particular data. An appendix documents many commands that are useful in writing scripts.
- Cost: $29.99
- Pages: 448
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0789724650
Korn Shell Quick Reference Guide
It's quite hard to find a concise reference guide for the Korn Shell nowadays, so you may be eager to have a look at this one. The size of the book is perfectly well suited for being used as a quick desktop reference. The booklet is very useful to be sure. It's much easier to lookup something here than browsing through long manual pages. This is especially true if you know what you're looking for. A definitive drawback is the complete lack of an index. If you're looking for something specific most of the time you end up thumbing through the whole thing. The Reference Guide is quite complete. Eventually you will nearly always be able to find what you are looking for and a great deal more. The complete shell script examples at the end of the book are very helpful. If you don't find something in the reference part it is at least somewhere in the examples. There aren't many of them out there, but those included are really helpful.
- Cost: $37.38
- Pages: 44
- Edition: paperback
- ISBN: 0935739211
KornShell
This is a Second Edition of the best-selling guide to the KornShell command and programming language by the original inventors of the language. It provides a specification for the KornShell language, tutorial material for those new to ksh (the program that implements the KornShell language), and a comprehensive reference for all ksh users. Covers major new additions to the KornShell language ksh93 (including command completion and a key binding mechanism); provides tutorials for both of the functions of ksh (as an interactive command language, and as a programming language); contains numerous examples illustrating the features of ksh; and features a Quick Reference summary of the KornShell language with page references to the book. For both new users with little shell experience, and for experienced computer users who are familiar with ksh and/or other shells. A tutorial that describes the functions of ksh and summarizes KornShell.
- Cost: $63.00
- Pages: 400
- Edition: 2nd edition
- ISBN: 0131827006
Kornshell Programming Tutorial
Beginners may be wondering, "Is this book too hard for me?" No, probably not. Programmers experienced in various languages, though not in the KornShell, are probably wondering, "Is this book too wimpy for me?" No, probably not. To help guide both kinds of readers through the book, the author marked certain sections as being more appropriate for one group or the other. Beginners don't need an explanation of traps and experienced programmers already know what loops are. This book will teach you the following: introduces the KornShell and its features; contains some simple KornShell scripts to get you started; discusses data types; shows you how to do simple math; illustrates pattern matching; Explains how to evaluate conditions; shows you how to set up loops; describes how to create simple menus; explains how to evaluate command line arguments; illustrates functions; examines input and output; focuses on string manipulation.
- Cost: $44.95
- Pages: 352
- Edition: paperback
- ISBN: 020156324X
Learning the bash Shell
New edition of a guide to the Free Sofware Foundation's "Bourne Again Shell." Intended both for those who are interested in bash as a user interface as well as for those who want to exploit its powerful programming capabilities. Coverage includes shell programming, bash's advanced command-line features, installation of the shell, and configuring and customizing bash. This edition updates information to bash version 2.0, including information on one- dimensional arrays, parameter expansion, conformity with POSIX.2 standards, security improvements, and the bash shell debugger. The first thing users of the Linux operating system come face to face with is the shell. "Shell" is the UNIX term for a user interface to the system -- something that lets you communicate with the computer via the keyboard and display. Bash, the Free Software Foundation's "Bourne Again Shell," is the default shell for Linux.
- Cost: $20.97
- Pages: 68
- Edition: 2nd edition
- ISBN: 1565923472
Learning the Korn Shell
The Korn shell is an interactive command and scripting language for accessing Unix and other computer systems. As a complete and high-level programming language in itself, it's been a favorite since it was developed in the mid 1980s by David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Knowing how to use it is an essential skill for serious Unix users. Learning the Korn Shell shows you how to use the Korn shell as a user interface and as a programming environment. Learning the Korn Shell is the key to gaining control of the Korn shell and becoming adept at using it as an interactive command and scripting language. Prior programming experience is not required in order to understand the chapters on basic shell programming. Readers will learn how to write many applications more easily and quickly than with other high-level languages. In addition, readers will also learn about Unix utilities and the way the Unix operating system works in general.
- Cost: $24.47
- Pages: 400
- Edition: 2nd edition
- ISBN: 0596001959
Linux and Unix Shell Programming
This comprehensive book is a practical, easy-to-use guide to programming and using the Bourne shell for beginners and experienced users - the Bourne shell is the standard shell for UNIX, and is also fully backward compatible to the Linux BASH shell. This book will fully illustrate the ability of the shell to unlock the real potential of UNIX and Linux, and aims to get the reader up, running and creating robust shell scripts for real tasks and situations as quickly as possible - shell scripts that will work on any mainstream UNIX or Linux machine. If you are new to UNIX and Linux or if you are a power user in waiting then this book is for you. Most shell programming books merely annotate manual pages and syntax , but in this book users of all abilities will find plenty of practical working examples. The book is organized into self-contained chapters on individual topics for ease of reference.
- Cost: $49.99
- Pages: 500
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0201674726
Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting
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
Portable Shell Programming
A book/disk guide to UNIX shell programming, with hundreds of examples of shell scripts. Describes the syntax of the Bourne shell, and the process environment and how it affects shell scripts, and explains concepts involving command line parameters, utilities, debugging, and portability. Includes a question and answer section on common problems, a comparison of UNIX shells, and a syntax summary. The accompanying disk contains shell scripts used in the book's examples. Assumes familiarity with UNIX. This complete guide shows how to use the shell to develop shell scripts, using the shell more like a programming language than a command interpreter. Covers shell syntax, portability on different UNIX systems, using shell scripts to catch or ignore signals, executing commands using the remote shell command, and using the shell's redirection syntaxes. For software development engineers, system administrators, and QA test engineers.
- Cost: $49.93
- Pages: 281
- Edition: Book and Disk edition
- ISBN: 0134514947
