Shell-Programmierung

This comprehensive manual provides everything you need to know about shell programming. It covers: variables, parameters and arguments, control structures, terminal input and output, functions, signals, scripts and processes, regular expressions, troubleshooting and debugging. It also includes valuable tools like grep, sed, and awk. An extensive Linux-UNIX reference offers all the basic commands in a clear format. The complete work contains numerous practical examples, is modular in structure, and is excellent as a reference book. The current edition has been expanded to include zsh, making this book ideal for practical Linux use!

Contents include:

Variables, parameters, and arguments
Control structures, terminal input and output
Functions and signals
Troubleshooting and debugging
Regular expressions and grep
The stream editor sed
awk programming
GUIs with zenity
Evaluation of measurement data with gnuplot

For practical use
Linux/UNIX command reference
Shell commands and built-ins
Examples for system administration, backup, and CGI scripts
Exercises and solutions

The specialist press on the previous edition:

IT Administrator: "Scripting is not rocket science and significantly simplifies the life of an IT professional. Kania and Wolf demonstrate how this can be achieved under Linux and UNIX impressively and step by step in their book.".