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Learning the bash Shell, 3rd Edition
By Cameron Newham
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: March 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00965-8
Pages: 352

Table of Contents | Index | Errata

Summary of bash Features

Intended Audience

Chapter Summary

Conventions Used in This Handbook

We'd Like to Hear from You

Using Code Examples

Acknowledgments for the First Edition

Acknowledgments for the Second Edition

Acknowledgments for the Third Edition

Chapter 1. bash Basics

Section 1.1. What Is a Shell?

Section 1.2. Scope of This Book

Section 1.3. History of UNIX Shells

Section 1.4. Getting bash

Section 1.5. Interactive Shell Use

Section 1.6. Files

Section 1.7. Input and Output

Section 1.8. Background Jobs

Section 1.9. Special Characters and Quoting

Section 1.10. Help

Chapter 2. Command-Line Editing

Section 2.1. Enabling Command-Line Editing

Section 2.2. The History List

Section 2.3. emacs Editing Mode

Section 2.4. vi Editing Mode

Section 2.5. The fc Command

Section 2.6. History Expansion

Section 2.7. readline

Section 2.8. Keyboard Habits

Chapter 3. Customizing Your Environment

Section 3.1. The .bash_profile, .bash_logout, and .bashrc Files

Section 3.2. Aliases

Section 3.3. Options

Section 3.4. Shell Variables

Section 3.5. Customization and Subprocesses

Section 3.6. Customization Hints

Chapter 4. Basic Shell Programming

Section 4.1. Shell Scripts and Functions

Section 4.2. Shell Variables

Section 4.3. String Operators

Section 4.4. Command Substitution

Section 4.5. Advanced Examples: pushd and popd

Chapter 5. Flow Control

Section 5.1. if/else

Section 5.2. for

Section 5.3. case

Section 5.4. select

Section 5.5. while and until

Chapter 6. Command-Line Options and Typed Variables

Section 6.1. Command-Line Options

Section 6.2. Typed Variables

Section 6.3. Integer Variables and Arithmetic

Section 6.4. Arrays

Chapter 7. Input/Output and Command-Line Processing

Section 7.1. I/O Redirectors

Section 7.2. String I/O

Section 7.3. Command-Line Processing

Chapter 8. Process Handling

Section 8.1. Process IDs and Job Numbers

Section 8.2. Job Control

Section 8.3. Signals

Section 8.4. trap

Section 8.5. Coroutines

Section 8.6. Subshells

Section 8.7. Process Substitution

Chapter 9. Debugging Shell Programs

Section 9.1. Basic Debugging Aids

Section 9.2. A bash Debugger

Chapter 10. bash Administration

Section 10.1. Installing bash as the Standard Shell

Section 10.2. Environment Customization

Section 10.3. System Security Features

Chapter 11. Shell Scripting

Section 11.1. What's That Do?

Section 11.2. Starting Up

Section 11.3. Potential Problems

Section 11.4. Don't Use bash

Chapter 12. bash for Your System

Section 12.1. Obtaining bash

Section 12.2. Unpacking the Archive

Section 12.3. What's in the Archive

Section 12.4. Who Do I Turn to?

Appendix A. Related Shells

Section A.1. The Bourne Shell

Section A.2. The IEEE 1003.2 POSIX Shell Standard

Section A.3. The Korn Shell

Section A.4. pdksh

Section A.5. zsh

Section A.6. Shell Clones and Unix-like Platforms

Appendix B. Reference Lists

Section B.1. Invocation

Section B.2. Prompt String Customizations

Section B.3. Built-In Commands and Reserved Words

Section B.4. Built-In Shell Variables

Section B.5. Test Operators

Section B.6. set Options

Section B.7. shopt Options

Section B.8. I/O Redirection

Section B.9. emacs Mode Commands

Section B.10. vi Control Mode Commands

Appendix C. Loadable Built-Ins

Appendix D. Programmable Completion