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Learn Linux Shell Scripting – Fundamentals of Bash 4.4

You're reading from   Learn Linux Shell Scripting ‚àö¬¢‚Äö√ᬮ‚Äö√Ñ√∫ Fundamentals of Bash 4.4 A comprehensive guide to automating administrative tasks with the Bash shell

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788995597
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sebastiaan Tammer Sebastiaan Tammer
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Your Local Environment 3. Choosing the Right Tools 4. The Linux Filesystem 5. Understanding the Linux Permissions Scheme 6. File Manipulation 7. Hello World! 8. Variables and User Input 9. Error Checking and Handling 10. Regular Expressions 11. Conditional Testing and Scripting Loops 12. Using Pipes and Redirection in Scripts 13. Functions 14. Scheduling and Logging 15. Parsing Bash Script Arguments with getopts 16. Bash Parameter Substitution and Expansion 17. Tips and Tricks with Cheat Sheet 18. Assessments 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 4

  1. What is a file system?
    A software implementation of the way data is stored on and retrieved from a physical medium.
  2. Which Linux specific file systems are most common?
    • ext4
    • XFS
    • Btrfs
  3. True of false: multiple file system implementations can be used concurrently on Linux?
    True; the root file system is always a single type, but different parts of the file system tree can be used to mount other file system types on.
  4. What is the journaling feature present on most Linux file system implementations?
    Journaling is the mechanism which ensures writes to disks cannot fail halfway. It greatly improves reliability of the file system.
  5. On which point in the tree is the root file system mounted?
    At the highest point, on /.
  6. What is the PATH variable used for?
    It is used to determine from which directory binaries can be used. You can check the contents of the PATH variable with the...
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