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Linux-Announce Digest #105
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Linux-Announce Digest #105, Volume #4 Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:13:05 EST
Contents:
Advanced Bash Scripting Guide - version 1.2 update ("M. Leo Cooper")
Suncoast LUG Meeting Announcement (Ed Centanni)
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From: "M. Leo Cooper" <thegrendel@theriver.com>
Subject: Advanced Bash Scripting Guide - version 1.2 update
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:53:45 CST
Announcing the release of the version 1.2 update of the "Advanced Bash
Scripting Guide". This LDP-hosted project is a complete tutorial and
reference on the gentle art of shell scripting under Linux and generic
UNIX. This is the equivalent of a 460-page printed book, and it's free
and freely distributable.
>From the introduction:
This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or
programming, but progresses rapidly toward an intermediate/advanced
level of instruction (...all the while sneaking in little snippets
of UNIX wisdom and lore). It serves as a textbook, a manual
for self-study, and a reference and source of knowledge on shell
scripting techniques. The exercises and heavily-commented examples
invite active reader participation, under the premise that the only
way to really learn scripting is to write scripts.
Table of Contents:
Part 1. Introduction
1. Why Shell Programming?
2. Starting Off With a Sha-Bang
2.1. Invoking the script
2.2. Preliminary Exercises
Part 2. Basics
3. Exit and Exit Status
4. Special Characters
5. Introduction to Variables and Parameters
5.1. Variable Substitution
5.2. Variable Assignment
5.3. Bash Variables Are Untyped
5.4. Special Variable Types
6. Quoting
7. Tests
7.1. Test Constructs
7.2. File test operators
7.3. Comparison operators (binary)
7.4. Nested if/then Condition Tests
7.5. Testing Your Knowledge of Tests
8. Operations and Related Topics
8.1. Operators
8.2. Numerical Constants
Part 3. Beyond the Basics
9. Variables Revisited
9.1. Internal Variables
9.2. Manipulating Strings
9.3. Parameter Substitution
9.4. Typing variables: declare or typeset
9.5. Indirect References to Variables
9.6. $RANDOM: generate random integer
9.7. The Double Parentheses Construct
10. Loops and Branches
10.1. Loops
10.2. Nested Loops
10.3. Loop Control
10.4. Testing and Branching
11. Internal Commands and Builtins
11.1. Job Control Commands
12. External Filters, Programs and Commands
12.1. Basic Commands
12.2. Complex Commands
12.3. Time / Date Commands
12.4. Text Processing Commands
12.5. File and Archiving Commands
12.6. Communications Commands
12.7. Terminal Control Commands
12.8. Math Commands
12.9. Miscellaneous Commands
13. System and Administrative Commands
14. Command Substitution
15. Arithmetic Expansion
16. I/O Redirection
16.1. Using exec
16.2. Redirecting Code Blocks
16.3. Applications
17. Here Documents
18. Recess Time
Part 4. Advanced Topics
19. Regular Expressions
19.1. A Brief Introduction to Regular Expressions
19.2. Globbing
20. Subshells
21. Restricted Shells
22. Process Substitution
23. Functions
23.1. Complex Functions and Function Complexities
23.2. Local Variables
24. Aliases
25. List Constructs
26. Arrays
27. Files
28. /dev and /proc
28.1. /dev
28.2. /proc
29. Of Zeros and Nulls
30. Debugging
31. Options
32. Gotchas
33. Scripting With Style
33.1. Unofficial Shell Scripting Stylesheet
34. Miscellany
34.1. Interactive and non-interactive shells and scripts
34.2. Shell Wrappers
34.3. Tests and Comparisons: Alternatives
34.4. Optimizations
34.5. Assorted Tips
34.6. Oddities
34.7. Portability Issues
34.8. Shell Scripting Under Windows
35. Bash, version 2
36. Endnotes
36.1. Author's Note
36.2. About the Author
36.3. Tools Used to Produce This Book
36.3.1. Hardware
36.3.2. Software and Printware
36.4. Credits
Bibliography
A. Contributed Scripts
B. A Sed and Awk Micro-Primer
B.1. Sed
B.2. Awk
C. Exit Codes With Special Meanings
D. A Detailed Introduction to I/O and I/O Redirection
E. Localization
F. History Commands
G. A Sample .bashrc File
H. Converting DOS Batch Files to Shell Scripts
I. Exercises
I.1. Analyzing Scripts
I.2. Writing Scripts
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URLs:
From the Linux Documentation site:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://www.linuxdoc.org/guides.html#abs
From the author's home site:
http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/abs-guide-1.2.tar.gz [526 k]
(complete tarball including SGML/Docbook source, all example scripts,
and rendered HTML).
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From: Ed Centanni <ecentan1@tampabay.rr.com>
Subject: Suncoast LUG Meeting Announcement
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:50:10 CST
WHEN AND WHERE:
4 April 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center Brandon, FL
Take I-4 East to I-75 South. Go south on 75 to the second exit
(Hwy 60, Exit 53). Head left (east) under the overpass, and
make sure you're in the right lane. When you go to the
entrance for Brandon Town Center, you'll see Barnes & Noble
on your immediate right.
6 April 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey
10 April 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second Wednesday of each month)
PricewaterhouseCoopers -- Room 684
3109 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Blvd
Lakepointe I Building
Tampa, FL 33607
See the SLUG website (www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html) for
directions.
18 April 19:00-21:00 Brandon II
(third Thursday of each month)
217 Brandon Town Center Drive
Brandon, FL
Across the street from Barnes & Noble, next to Target and Honey
Baked Hams. See the SLUG website suncoastlug.org/meetings.html)
for directions.
27 April 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library,
223 Douglas Ave.,
Community Room A.
Dunedin
ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentations: To be announced
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good
cheer! (And don't forget to start your installs early!)
FOLLOWING MEETINGS:
4 May 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
2 May 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
2 May 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
8 May 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second Wednesday of each month)
16 May 19:00-21:00 Brandon II
(third Thursday of each month)
25 May 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(fourth Saturday of each month)
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