Beginning Shell Scripting - Couverture souple

Foster-Johnson, Eric

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0764583204 ISBN 13 : 9780764583209

Editeur : John Wiley &Sons, 2005

Synopsis

Book by FosterJohnson Eric Welch John C Anderson Micah

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Beginning Shell Scripting

Shell scripts give you the power to automate tedious daily tasks, improve your work capabilities, and get more out of your computers. Whether you are working on Mac OS®X, Linux®, Unix®, or Windows®, this book presents complete shell scripting instructions, robust code examples, and full scripts for customizing your operating system.

You′ll first learn the basics of shell scripts, including what they are, how they run, and how you can design executable commands from them. You′ll then progress to more advanced scripting topics, such as using awk and sed commands, building command pipelines, and creating functions. This book covers everything you′ll need to know about shells and scripting in order to begin writing your own.

What you will learn from this book

• How shells work and how to find them on your system
• Steps for passing data to a shell script and modifying your environment
• Techniques for creating, reading, enhancing, and removing files
• How to query about processes and gather information about what is running on your system
• Tips for editing and debugging scripts
• Ways to monitor and administer your system using scripts
• How to call on your desktop applications from scripts

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who wants to get more out of their computer systems, including Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, and Windows users.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley &Sons
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0764583204
• ISBN 13: 9780764583209
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 530