Bash Shell Scripting

Bash Shell Scripting

(Bash) is one of numerous accessible (yet the most regularly used) Unix shells. Bash stands for "Bourne Again SHell", and is a substitution/improvement of the first Bourne shell (sh). Scripting in any shell is Shell scripting, whereas scripting specifically for Bash is Bash scripting.

Table of Content

1. Editors and Script Basics

2. Variables

3. Operators

4. Customise the Shell Environment

5. Shell Parameter Expansion

6. Flow Control

7. File Processing

8. Functions

9. Command Line Arguments

10. Process Handling and Running Scripts

11. Scheduling Scripts

12. Debugging Scripts

13. Scripting @ The Command-line

14. Linux Commands

15. Standard I/O Concepts