With this comprehensive tutorial of step-by-step lessons, users learn how to utilize the UNIX C shell to optimize their system, increase productivity, and work more efficiently.– Explains the C shell’s capabilities for programming– Shows users how to design and write their own C shell scripts– Covers shell variables, customization of the user environment, file redirection, pipes, filters, and …
An instant success among newcomers, longtime Apple® fans and serious Unix® users alike, the Mac OS® X operating system combines stability, simplicity and elegance, and a stunning user interface. What more could Mac users want or need? The answer, of course, is Mac OS X Panther–a sleek and powerful overhaul of Mac OS X that promises to revitalize …
If you’ve heard the phrase, “”You can’t take it with you,”” you may have thought, sadly, that it referred to your trusted shelf of O’Reilly Unix books. Thorough, reliable, and all encompassing, these books are unfortunately not especially portable en masse–unless, of course, you have a copy of the “”Unix CD Bookshelf. The “”Unix CD Bookshelf keeps …
The first thing users of the Linux operating system come face to face with is the shell. “Shell” is the UNIX term for a user interface to the system — something that lets you communicate with the computer via the keyboard and display. Bash, the Free Software Foundation’s “Bourne Again Shell,” is the default shell for …
If you use UNIX, you probably use csh to type commands even if you’ve never heard of it. It’s the standard shell (command line) on most UNIX systems. tcsh is an enhanced version that’s freely available and highly recommended.Using csh & tcsh describes from the beginning how to use these shells interactively. More important, …
Over the last few years, Linux has grown both as an operating system and a tool for personal and business use. Simultaneously becoming more user friendly and more powerful as a back-end system, Linux has achieved new plateaus: the newer filesystems have solidified, new commands and tools have appeared and become standard, and the desktop–including new desktop environments–have …
Portable Shell Programming: An Extensive Collection of Bourne Shell Examples
Traditionally, books on shell programming present the shell as the user interface to UNIX. This complete guide shows how to use the shell to develop shell scripts, using the shell more like a programming language than a command interpreter. Covers shell syntax, portability on different …
Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours (2nd Edition)
The vast majority of users utilize the Korn Shell or some variant of the Bourne Shell, such as bash. Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours covers these shells. It begins with a generalized tutorial of Unix and tools and then moves into detailed coverage of shell programming. Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in …
Oracle Shell Scripting: Linux and UNIX Programming for Oracle (Oracle In-Focus series) (Volume 26)
Shell scripting is necessary for automating a broad range of administration tasks on Oracle servers. Many Oracle administrators and developers lack a strong system administration background and therefore manually perform these tasks at the cost of time, money and sustainability. This book will discuss how to automate many of the common Oracle administration tasks as well as …
The New KornShell Command And Programming Language (2nd Edition)
This is a Second Edition of the best-selling guide to the KornShell command and programming language by the original inventors of the language. It provides a specification for the KornShell language, tutorial material for those new to ksh (the program that implements the KornShell language), and a comprehensive reference for all ksh users. …