Bash Guide For Beginners

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Chapter 1. Bash and Bash scripts

• Table of Contents
• 1.1. Common shell programs
   
• 1.1.1. General shell functions
• 1.1.2. Shell types


• 1.2. Advantages of the Bourne Again SHell
   
• 1.2.1. Bash is the GNU shell
• 1.2.2. Features only found in bash


• 1.3. Executing commands
   
• 1.3.1. General
• 1.3.2. Shell built-in commands
• 1.3.3. Executing programs from a script


• 1.4. Building blocks
• 1.5. Developing good scripts
   
• 1.5.1. Properties of good scripts
• 1.5.2. Structure
• 1.5.3. Terminology
• 1.5.4. A word on order and logic
• 1.5.5. An example Bash script: mysystem.sh
• 1.5.6. Example init script


• 1.6. Summary
• 1.7. Exercises

In this introduction module we

• Describe some common shells

• Point out GNU Bash advantages and features

• Describe the shell's building blocks

• Discuss Bash initialization files

• See how the shell executes commands

• Look into some simple script examples

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