Linux shell scripting

[TheExcession]

Could anyone recomend a good book on Linux shell scripting please.

It needs to start with the easy stuff and then get as detailed/complex as, well as it gets I suppose!

many thanks
Ex

[tuffer]

O'Really

[Mr E]

Depends which shell.

KSH Scripting from O'Reilly is pretty good - and most of the concepts are applicable to most shells.

Your Linux system will almost certainly run Bash instead as standard.

[tuffer]

PCBooks

[Bodo]

My SuSE user handbook has a section which looks like bash for people that never have seen a puter before. I didn't start reading it yet though

You may have already some documentation installed on your system, depending on your distribution.

Have a look in
/usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/
/usr/share/doc/packages/bash

[Mr E]

man bash

[TheExcession]

Mr E said:

man bash

doesn't work when I'm curled up in bed or sat on the tube!

cheers
Ex

[TheExcession]

tuffer said:

PCBooks

Looks like a good start - cheers.

ordered from amazon

best
Ex

[TheHobbit]

TheExcession said:

Mr E said: man bash doesn't work when I'm curled up in bed or sat on the tube! cheers Ex

man bash | lpr

sorry....

>> Edited by TheHobbit on Wednesday 17th March 20:23

[JamieBeeston]

man bash | mail [e-mail]

should keep them coming in nice little snippets for bite sized learning ;P

[Mr E]

TheHobbit said:

man bash | lpr

Good man.

And what, you mean you haven't got linux sown into your coat yet?

Keep up man.

[robertuk]

Check this out.

I've been following wearable computing for a number of years. Just as we are able to purchase ATX motherboards and build our own personal PC,
you can get a tiny montherboard and build a really small PC ! I think its PC 104 or similar.

The most amazing piece was on a website a few years ago. This student wore a baseball cap with a tiny camera. He wore white gloves which the camera was focusing on. This was connected to a PC.

He started forming sign-language words and after a few seconds the computer read out what he was saying !

It was running on Linux and I was amazed.

Useful links:


http://wearables.essex.ac.uk/
www.media.mit.edu/wearables/

[TheExcession]

JamieBeeston said:

man bash | mail [e-mail] should keep them coming in nice little snippets for bite sized learning ;P

ha ha hah ha ha hah
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hah ha ha hahhhh

priceless - think I'm gonna go do that with a mates phone number!

cheers
Ex