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Shell scripting books
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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I need to learn shell scripting really quickly, I do not need to be an expert with it, but I need to be decent at it.
I am trying to purchase a book that teaches shell scripting (Korn, C...), but I cannot seem to find the right one. I really like the idea of going through examples and such. I also love the Visual Quickstart books...so something along those lines would be awsome.
What do you guys recommend?
Thank you,
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Now I know, and knowing is half the battle!
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Thanks...You can let your frined know that I ordered it.
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There is also a book from O'Reilly named Using csh & tcsh that is great. There are different shells and getting instruction in the shell you are using is a must. Mac OS X uses the tcsh shell. BSD unix is different from Linux which is different from other *nixes, so be careful. Many of the books on shell scripting are written for the Korn (ksh) shell and the Bourne shell. Tcsh is an enhanced version of the Berkeley Unix C shell (csh).
Which shell is best borders on a religious discussion. Opinions are strong and expressed freely. We have tcsh in OS X and it is the one to learn how to script while in that operating environment.
HTH
Craig
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Originally posted by suthercd:
Which shell is best borders on a religious discussion. Opinions are strong and expressed freely. We have tcsh in OS X and it is the one to learn how to script while in that operating environment.
Fo a user shell, this is very true. But for writing shell scripts, using a bourne-compatible shell is crucial. csh and tcsh have lots of problems when you try to write complex scripts. Read this:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/
Within the Bourne shells (sh, zsh, ksh, bash), you can debate all you like, since they are generally compatible with one another from the programming perspective. I generally use a fancy shell like bash for my user stuff, and straight sh (#!/bin/sh) for shell scripts.
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Originally posted by t_hah:
Thanks...You can let your frined know that I ordered it.
Hi,
Did you order the 2nd Edition?
The 2nd Edition contains updates that cover OS X 10.1.x (10.2.x wasn't out when I was working on the 2nd Edition).
A tar.gz that contains most of the examples is available at:
http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~ranga/...s/tysp2.tar.gz
I hope you find the book useful.
--ranga
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