So, you want to learn Linux shell programming? This text and CD-ROM package covers the essential Linux shells (bash and tcsh) and three key Linux shell programming utilities (grep, sed, GNU awk).

Do you want to create a Shell script in your Linux system? This guide will take you through how to create a shell script using multiple text editors, how to add comments, and how to use Shell ...

Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree that the ...

With even Windows offering a Linux shell, this is a good time to learn this language. Unfortunately the Linux shell is very idosyncratic, and hence a difficult language to master. There are few ...

If you’re comfortable using the command line on Unix or Linux but haven’t fully explored Bash, this book is for you. It’s designed for programmers familiar with languages like Python, JavaScript, or ...

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t presume to tell you that ...

Few aspects of Unix system administration are more intimate than the relationship between the admin and their chosen shell. After all, the shell is the most fundamental interface to the system, the ...

In this newly revised fifth edition, Richard Blum delivers an up-to-date and authoritative discussion of the fundamentals of shell scripting in Linux, as well as the advanced topics, working examples, ...

Linux Journal, representing 25+ years of publication, is the original magazine of the global Open Source community.

Semantics-driven static analysis could be used to improve the safety, correctness, and performance of Unix, Linux, and macOS shell scripts, researchers say. Semantics-driven static analysis is being ...