Beginning Shell Scripting by Eric Foster-Johnson, John C. Welch, Micah Anderson

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Synopsis

Programmer Foster-Johnson et al. provide a guide to shell scripting, fundamentals and techniques, with a focus on the Bourne shell. These include controlling scripts, interacting with the environment, scripting with files, processing text with sed and awk, command pipelines, controlling processes, functions, debugging, graphing data with MRTG, and scripting for administrators and for the desktop. There is no bibliography. The book is especially aimed at Mac OS X and Linux users. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Biography

Eric Foster-Johnson (Arden Hills, MN) is a veteran programmer who works daily with Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, and other operating systems. By day, he writes enterprise Java software for ObjectPartners, a Minnesota consulting firm. He has authored a number of Linux and Unix titles including Red Hat RPM Guide, Teach Yourself Linux, Teach Yourself Unix, and Perl Modules.

John C. Welch (Boston, MA) has more than ten years of Mac experience in the trenches of the IT world. He packs the hall at Macworld Expo where he’s a regular speaker, sharing his experiences and knowledge on using Macs effectively in business and enterprise IT environments. John’s articles are frequently featured in MacTech Magazine and WorkingMac.com, and he is semi-regularly featured on The Mac Show conducting interviews with the geekier side of the Mac community. He’s recently been touring the country presenting seminars on Mac OS X administration to IT professionals from coast to coast.

Micah Anderson has been a Unix system administrator for more than a decade. He is a Debian GNU/Linux developer and works as an independent consultant building alternative communication infrastructure and supporting the technology needs of positive grassroots alternatives.