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Bash Cookbook

You're reading from   Bash Cookbook Leverage Bash scripting to automate daily tasks and improve productivity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788629362
Length 264 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ganesh Sanjiv Naik Ganesh Sanjiv Naik
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Ron Brash Ron Brash
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Crash Course in Bash FREE CHAPTER 2. Acting Like a Typewriter and File Explorer 3. Understanding and Gaining File System Mastery 4. Making a Script Behave Like a Daemon 5. Scripts for System Administration Tasks 6. Scripts for Power Users 7. Writing Bash to Win and Profit 8. Advanced Scripting Techniques 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introduction

This chapter will help the readers to learn about advanced scripting techniques as well as how to customize their shell. Users will learn to calculate as well as reduce the runtime of the script. It will be easy for users to write one-line loops and conditional statements. Users will learn to write scripts to avoid warnings and errors. They will learn how to create a config file and use it. Users will learn to improve the shell, adding aliases, altering path variables, and echoing output to terminal devices. Users will also learn about recording terminal sessions and writing scripts.

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