Bash Cookbook

Ideal for new and experienced users alike—including proficient Windows users and sysadmins—this updated second edition helps you solve a wide range of problems. You’ll learn ways to handle input/output, file manipulation, program execution, administrative tasks, and many other challenges. Each recipe includes one or more scripting examples and a discussion of why the solution works. You’ll find recipes for problems including: - Standard output and input, and executing commands - Shell variables, shell logic, and arithmetic - Intermediate shell tools and advanced scripting - Searching for files with find, locate, and slocate - Working with dates and times - Creating shell scripts for various end-user tasks - Working with tasks that require parsing - Writing secure shell scripts - Configuring and customizing bash