Learn BASH Shell Scripting in 6 days

By: Sujata Biswas, Liza Noble

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

How to become a master in Shell Scripting?

Step 1) Start with Learn BASH Shell Scripting in 6 days to get a fair idea about BASH shell scripting.
Step 2) Read Learn C Shell Scripting in 5 Days: Lab Guide Method to gain an insight into the world of C shell.
Step 3) Learning Bash Shell Scripting Gently. Advanced course. Learn about Functions. We recommend taking the printed version of the book.
Step 4) Learning C Shell Scripting Gently. There is no book like this. No book covers C shell scripting in such an easy manner.

Thanks,

Liza Noble and Sujata Biswas.



Do you want to learn BASH shell scripting in less than a week. Then this book is for you. This is a book for beginners and is meant to clarify concepts about the BASH shell environment and scripting. Introduction Day 1: Learn the Basics of Shell Fundamentals. What kind of a setup should I use? How do I create a user on Linux? Learning about User Configuration files in the BASH shell Which are the System Configuration files in BASH shell? Day 2: Learning about the Elements of the Shell environment What is Standard Input and Output? What is Redirection? What is a variable? What are execute scripts terminologies? How to combine commands in the Bash Shell? How to perform Command substitutions on the BASH shell? What are Jobs? Explain the difference between quotes in the BASH environment. What are Aliases? Explain Exit status? Day 3: Learn about BASH shell expansions Variable expansion What are Curly-Brackets expansions? What is Mathematical expansion? Day 4: How about learning operators? AND / OR operators Passing values to a script at run time If-then-else constructs File Testing Operators String Testing Operators Arithmetic Operators Day 5: Learning Real World scenarios Path variable Using Shell in RC directory Day 6: Introduction to Looping and Case statement For Loop While loop Understanding special variables $#, $@ and the command basename Reading files using while loop Case Statement