Pro Bash: Learn to Script and Program the GNU/Linux Shell by Jayant Varma Paperb

Pro Bash by Jayant Varma

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Description Learn how to effectively utilize the Bash shell in your programming. This refreshed and expanded third edition has been updated to Bash 5.2, and many scripts have been rewritten to make them more idiomatically Bash, taking better advantage of features specific to Bash. It is easy to read, understand, and will teach you how to get to grips with Bash programming without drowning you in pages and pages of syntax.Using this book you will be able to use the shell efficiently, make scripts run faster using expansion and external commands, and understand how to overcome many common mistakes that cause scripts to fail. This book is perfect for all beginning Linux and Unix system administrators who want to be in full control of their systems, and really get to grips with Bash programming.The Bash shell is a complete programming language, not merely a glue to combine external Linux commands. By taking full advantage of Shell internals, Shell programs can perform as snappily as utilities written in C or other compiled languages. And you will see how, without assuming UNIX lore, you can write professional Bash  programs through standard programming techniques.What You'll Learn Use the Bash shell to write utilities and accomplish most programming tasksReplace many external commands with shell parameter expansion making scripts very fastAvoid many common mistakes that cause scripts to failSee how Bash's read line and history libraries can save typing when getting user inputBuild shell scripts that get information from the WebWho This Book Is ForDevelopers, programmers, and open source enthusiasts who want to write scripts using Bash on multiple platforms

Author Biography

Jayant Varma  is the founder of OZ Apps (www.oz-apps.com), a consulting and development company providing IT solutions. He is an experienced developer with more than 30 years of industry experience spread across several countries. As  well as being a university lecturer in Australia where he currently resides, he is the author of a number of books  topics like SwiftUI Lua and Xcode as well as Open Source topics like Linux, Bash and Shell Scripting . He loves to travel  and finds Europe to be his favorite destination.Chris F.A. Johnson was introduced to Unix in 1990 and learned shell scripting because there was no C compiler on the system. His first major project was a menu-driven, user-extensible database system with report generator. Chris is now retired and currently resides in Toronto, Canada. 

Details ISBN 1484295870 ISBN-13 9781484295878 Title Pro Bash Author Jayant Varma Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 305 Edition 3rd Publisher APress GE_Item_ID:151681340; About Us

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