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Synopsis
Filled with over 150 essential, practical recipes that empower Unix users to regain lost timespent creating and testing shell scripts. The majority of scripts included are POSIX-compliantand supported by many of the major shell variants, including Bash, ksh, and sh.Each real-world example recipe follows the same problem-solution structure, meaningcross-referencing is easy and fast. Recipe topics include file conversion (DOS, UNIX, andMac), system administration, resource monitoring, filename management, complex datecalculations, screen control capabilities, and much more.
Completely updated for this second edition and taking all the changes of the past tenyears into account, every recipe in this book is now relevant for a modern audience. AuthorsChris Johnson s and Jayant Varma s code is clear, direct, and applicable. Add this excellentreference to your library today.
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Synopsis
1: The POSIX Shell and Command-Line Utilities
2: Playing with Files: Viewing, Manipulating, and Editing Text Files
3: String Briefs
4: What's in a Word?
5: Scripting by Numbers
6: Loose Names Sink Scripts: Bringing Sanity to Filenames
7: Treading a Righteous PATH
8: The Dating Game
9: Good Housekeeping: Monitoring and Tidying Up File Systems
10: Screenplay: The screen-funcs Library
11: Aging, Archiving, and Deleting Files
12: Covering All Your Databases
13: Home on the Web
14: Taking Care of Business
15: Random Acts of Scripting
16: A Smorgasbord of Scripts
17: Script Development Management
Appendix A: Internet Scripting Resources