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Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp

You're reading from Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp The fastest way to learn Linux shell scripting

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787281103

Length 208 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Shell Scripting

Author (1):

James K Lewis

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Linux Shell Scripting Bootcamp

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewer

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Preface

1. Getting Started with Shell Scripting FREE CHAPTER

2. Working with Variables

3. Using Loops and the sleep Command

4. Creating and Calling Subroutines

5. Creating Interactive Scripts

6. Automating Tasks with Scripts

7. Working with Files

8. Working with wget and curl

9. Debugging Scripts

10. Scripting Best Practices

Index

Chapter 10. Scripting Best Practices

This chapter explains some practices and techniques that will help the reader become a better and more efficient programmer.

In this chapter we will talk about what I consider to be scripting (or programming) best practices. Having programmed computers since 1977 I have attained quite a bit of experience in this field. I take great pleasure in teaching people about computers and hopefully my ideas will be of some benefit.

The topics covered are as follows:

Backups will be discussed again, including verification
I'll explain how to pick a text editor you are comfortable with and learn its capabilities
I'll cover some basic command line items such as using a good prompt, command completion, environment variables and aliases
I'll provide some bonus scripts

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Authors (1)

James K Lewis

James K Lewis

James Kent Lewis has been in the computer industry for over 35 years. He started out writing BASIC programs in high school and used punch cards in college for his Pascal, Fortran, COBOL, and assembly language classes. He himself learned the C programming language by writing various utilities, including a fully-functional text editor, which he uses everyday. He started out using DOS and AIX, and then OS/2. Linux is now his operating system of choice. Jim has worked in the past for several companies, including IBM, Texas Instruments, Tandem, Raytheon, Hewlett-Packard, and others. Most of these positions dealt with low-level device drivers and operating system internals. In his spare time he likes to create video games in Java.He has written articles for IBM Developer Works and has one patent.

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