Linux Shell Scripting with Bash
by Ken O. Burtch
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Author: Ken O. BurtchEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-02-08
ISBN: 0672326426
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Sams
Book Reviews of Linux Shell Scripting with Bash
Book Review: Very Good Book
Summary: 5 Stars
In my opinion, this was a very good book.
Before the book, I had a simple understanding of Bash. (I've also worked with some other programming languages in the past.)
After reading the book and performing all the exercises, I was able to write fully understandable Bash scripts while exercising good formating and debugging routines. The author stresses these two methods and I agree, more Bash scripts should conform to his simple debugging functions and format. (Much compared to writing easily understood C code!)
IMO however, if a person is writing extensible scripts, I think another language such as C should be used. As years go on and processors get faster, who knows.
Book was easily understood here. I've found one other good book called "Programming From The Ground Up" ISBN 0975283847.
Good books are far & few, this Bash Scripting book is one of them.
As far as bugs, the book errata should cover them. Tracing bugs is a what a programmer does most of his time when when learning. ;-)
As far as the previous review concerning symbols,"[[" "]]", this seems to be which version of Bash is being used. Make sure you're using up-to-date code! (I've ran into people on many mailing lists using 5 year old versions! lol) And if I wanted to do more I/O redirection, I would probably use a lower level programming language such as C because it's faster, even Python from what I've heard. Pattern Match/Regex, is material for an entirely diff book.
Summary of Linux Shell Scripting with Bash
According to IDC, over 170,000 new servers were shipped in the first quarter of 2003. That also means that there were potentially more than 170,000 people like you charged with administering these systems without the proper knowledge or training to do so. Linux Shell Scripting with Bash will help you learn to not only get your system up and running quickly by employing the Bash shell, but it will also show you professional scripting solutions through the use of structured programming and standard Linux development tools. The book focuses on the Linux environment, which the shell relies on to function, and the robust Linux tool set, making this book ideal for learning shell scripting. Real-world scripts are included that are readable, extendable and easy to debug. This book is an asset to any Linux user.
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