Bash Guide For Beginners

Bash Guide for Beginners

Machtelt Garrels

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Version 1.8 Last updated 20060315 Edition

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
   
• 1. Why this guide?
• 2. Who should read this book?
• 3. New versions, translations and availability
• 4. Revision History
• 5. Contributions
• 6. Feedback
• 7. Copyright information
• 8. What do you need?
• 9. Conventions used in this document
• 10. Organization of this document


• 1. Bash and Bash scripts
   
• 1.1. Common shell programs
• 1.2. Advantages of the Bourne Again SHell
• 1.3. Executing commands
• 1.4. Building blocks
• 1.5. Developing good scripts
• 1.6. Summary
• 1.7. Exercises


• 2. Writing and debugging scripts
   
• 2.1. Creating and running a script
• 2.2. Script basics
• 2.3. Debugging Bash scripts
• 2.4. Summary
• 2.5. Exercises


• 3. The Bash environment
   
• 3.1. Shell initialization files
• 3.2. Variables
• 3.3. Quoting characters
• 3.4. Shell expansion
• 3.5. Aliases
• 3.6. More Bash options
• 3.7.

* License

* Bash Guide For Beginners Index

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