Explore Products

Best Sellers

New Releases

Books

Videos

Audiobooks

Free Learning

Mastering Linux Shell Scripting

You're reading from Mastering Linux Shell Scripting A practical guide to Linux command-line, Bash scripting, and Shell programming

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788990554

Length 284 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Bash

Tools

Bash

Concepts

Shell Scripting

Authors (2):

Mokhtar Ebrahim

Andrew Mallett

View More author details

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. The What and Why of Scripting with Bash FREE CHAPTER

2. Creating Interactive Scripts

3. Conditions Attached

4. Creating Code Snippets

5. Alternative Syntax

6. Iterating with Loops

7. Creating Building Blocks with Functions

8. Introducing the Stream Editor

9. Automating Apache Virtual Hosts

10. AWK Fundamentals

11. Regular Expressions

12. Summarizing Logs with AWK

13. A Better lastlog with AWK

14. Using Python as a Bash Scripting Alternative

15. Assessments

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Leave a review - let other readers know what you think

Further reading

Please see the following for further reading relating to this chapter:

The rest of the chapter is locked

Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!

A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.

Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days

Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of

Start free trial

Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime

Authors (2)

Mokhtar Ebrahim

Mokhtar Ebrahim

Mokhtar Ebrahim started working as a Linux system administrator in 2010. He is responsible for maintaining, securing, and troubleshooting Linux servers for multiple clients around the world. He loves writing shell and Python scripts to automate his work. He writes technical articles on the Like Geeks website about Linux, Python, web development, and server administration. He is a father to a beautiful girl and a husband to a faithful wife.

See other products by Mokhtar Ebrahim

Andrew Mallett

Andrew Mallett

Andrew Mallett has been working professionally with Linux since 1999; much of that time as an Instructor. He now runs his consultancy where he works with and writes about Linux. He is onto his 5th book with Packt and has 65,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel: theurbanpenguin. You can be assured that he masters Linux and is passionate to share his knowledge with you.

See other products by Andrew Mallett

Other recommended products

Related to this chapter

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Linux has been one of the widely adopted and popular OS when it comes to leveraging scripting and automating common tasks. With this book, readers will get to grips with shell scripting, automating repetitive tasks, text processing, regular expressions, pattern matching, backup and restore, and much more. The end goal of this book is to get you up and running with the most common commands that will ease your daily administration tasks.

May 2018 11h 4m

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Linux has been one of the widely adopted and popular OS when it comes to leveraging scripting and automating common tasks. With this book, readers will get to grips with shell scripting, automating repetitive tasks, text processing, regular expressions, pattern matching, backup and restore, and much more. The end goal of this book is to get you up and running with the most common commands that will ease your daily administration tasks.

May 2018 11h 4m

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Linux has been one of the widely adopted and popular OS when it comes to leveraging scripting and automating common tasks. With this book, readers will get to grips with shell scripting, automating repetitive tasks, text processing, regular expressions, pattern matching, backup and restore, and much more. The end goal of this book is to get you up and running with the most common commands that will ease your daily administration tasks.

May 2018 11h 4m

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Linux has been one of the widely adopted and popular OS when it comes to leveraging scripting and automating common tasks. With this book, readers will get to grips with shell scripting, automating repetitive tasks, text processing, regular expressions, pattern matching, backup and restore, and much more. The end goal of this book is to get you up and running with the most common commands that will ease your daily administration tasks.

May 2018 11h 4m

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Linux has been one of the widely adopted and popular OS when it comes to leveraging scripting and automating common tasks. With this book, readers will get to grips with shell scripting, automating repetitive tasks, text processing, regular expressions, pattern matching, backup and restore, and much more. The end goal of this book is to get you up and running with the most common commands that will ease your daily administration tasks.

May 2018 11h 4m

Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp

Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp

Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp will help the readers learn about shell scripting and will help improve their efficiency and practical skills. It will be a fast-paced guide that takes you through the fundamentals of Linux Shell, general commands and then will teach you how to perform complex scripting tasks with ease.

Jul 2017 6h 56m

Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp

Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp

Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp will help the readers learn about shell scripting and will help improve their efficiency and practical skills. It will be a fast-paced guide that takes you through the fundamentals of Linux Shell, general commands and then will teach you how to perform complex scripting tasks with ease.

Jul 2017 6h 56m

Learning AWK Programming

Learning AWK Programming

AWK is one of the powerful utility which exists in all Unix and Unix-like distributions. This book covers the structure and the control flow of AWK program, regular expressions, and use of different operators to carry out various text processing and mining tasks. This book is packed with unique practical examples to practice AWK programming.

Mar 2018 13h 52m

Learning AWK Programming

Learning AWK Programming

AWK is one of the powerful utility which exists in all Unix and Unix-like distributions. This book covers the structure and the control flow of AWK program, regular expressions, and use of different operators to carry out various text processing and mining tasks. This book is packed with unique practical examples to practice AWK programming.

Mar 2018 13h 52m

Learning AWK Programming

Learning AWK Programming

AWK is one of the powerful utility which exists in all Unix and Unix-like distributions. This book covers the structure and the control flow of AWK program, regular expressions, and use of different operators to carry out various text processing and mining tasks. This book is packed with unique practical examples to practice AWK programming.

Mar 2018 13h 52m

Learning AWK Programming

Learning AWK Programming

AWK is one of the powerful utility which exists in all Unix and Unix-like distributions. This book covers the structure and the control flow of AWK program, regular expressions, and use of different operators to carry out various text processing and mining tasks. This book is packed with unique practical examples to practice AWK programming.

Mar 2018 13h 52m

Bash Quick Start Guide

Bash Quick Start Guide

Bash and shell script programming is central to using Linux, but it has many peculiar properties that are hard to understand and unfamiliar to many programmers, with a lot of misleading and even risky information online. Bash Quick Start tackles these problems head on, and shows you the best practices of shell script programming.

Sep 2018 6h 12m

Personalised recommendations for you

Based on your interests and search pattern

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

Mastering PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell scripts provides a convenient method for automating tasks, using them proficiently can be challenging. This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

May 2024 27h 32m