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Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
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Advanced Bash−Scripting Guide
An in−depth exploration of the art of shell scripting
Mendel Cooper
<thegrendel@theriver.com>
3.505 June 2005
Revision History
Revision 3.206 Feb 2005Revised by: mc'BLUEBERRY' release: Minor update.Revision 3.320 Mar 2005Revised by: mc'RASPBERRY' release: Important Update.Revision 3.408 May 2005Revised by: mc'TEABERRY' release: Important Update.Revision 3.504 June 2005Revised by: mc'BOXBERRY' release: Important Update.This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward anintermediate/advanced level of instruction
. . . all the while sneaking in little snippets of UNIX® wisdom and lore
. It serves as a textbook, a manual for self−study, and a reference and source of knowledge on shellscripting techniques. The exercises and heavily−commented examples invite active reader participation, underthe premise that
the only way to really learn scripting is to write scripts
.This book is suitable for classroom use as a general introduction to programming concepts.The latest update of this document, as an archived, bzip2−ed "tarball" including both the SGML source andrendered HTML, may be downloaded from the author's home site. A pdf version is also available. See thechange log for a revision history.
Dedication
For Anita, the source of all the magic
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Why Shell Programming?...............................................................................................................1Chapter 2. Starting Off With a Sha−Bang.......................................................................................................3
2.1. Invoking the script............................................................................................................................62.2. Preliminary Exercises.......................................................................................................................6
Part 2. Basics.......................................................................................................................................................7Chapter 3. Special Characters...........................................................................................................................8Chapter 4. Introduction to Variables and Parameters..................................................................................25
4.1. Variable Substitution......................................................................................................................254.2. Variable Assignment.......................................................................................................................274.3. Bash Variables Are Untyped..........................................................................................................284.4. Special Variable Types...................................................................................................................30
Chapter 5. Quoting...........................................................................................................................................34Chapter 6. Exit and Exit Status.......................................................................................................................40Chapter 7. Tests................................................................................................................................................42
7.1. Test Constructs...............................................................................................................................427.2. File test operators............................................................................................................................487.3. Other Comparison Operators..........................................................................................................517.4. Nested if/then Condition Tests.......................................................................................................567.5. Testing Your Knowledgeof Tests..................................................................................................56
Chapter 8. Operations and Related Topics....................................................................................................58
8.1. Operators.........................................................................................................................................588.2. Numerical Constants.......................................................................................................................64
Part 3. Beyond the Basics.................................................................................................................................66Chapter 9. Variables Revisited........................................................................................................................67
9.1. Internal Variables............................................................................................................................679.2. Manipulating Strings.......................................................................................................................849.2.1. Manipulating strings using awk............................................................................................899.2.2. Further Discussion.................................................................................................................899.3. Parameter Substitution....................................................................................................................899.4. Typing variables: declare or typeset...............................................................................................989.5. Indirect References to Variables...................................................................................................1009.6. $RANDOM: generate random integer..........................................................................................1039.7. The DoubleParenthesesConstruct...............................................................................................112
Chapter 10. Loops andBranches..................................................................................................................114
10.1. Loops..........................................................................................................................................11410.2. Nested Loops..............................................................................................................................12510.3. Loop Control...............................................................................................................................125
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Chapter 10. Loops and Branches
10.4. Testing and Branching................................................................................................................129
Chapter 11. Internal Commands and Builtins.............................................................................................136
11.1. Job Control Commands..............................................................................................................159
Chapter 12. External Filters, Programs and Commands...........................................................................163
12.1. Basic Commands........................................................................................................................16312.2. Complex Commands...................................................................................................................16812.3. Time / Date Commands..............................................................................................................17612.4. Text Processing Commands........................................................................................................17912.5. File and Archiving Commands...................................................................................................19812.6. Communications Commands......................................................................................................21412.7. Terminal Control Commands.....................................................................................................22412.8. Math Commands.........................................................................................................................22412.9. Miscellaneous Commands..........................................................................................................233
Chapter 13. System and Administrative Commands..................................................................................245
13.1. Analyzing a System Script..........................................................................................................270
Chapter 14. Command Substitution.............................................................................................................272Chapter 15. ArithmeticExpansion................................................................................................................278Chapter 16. I/O Redirection...........................................................................................................................279
16.1. Using exec...................................................................................................................................28116.2. Redirecting Code Blocks............................................................................................................28516.3. Applications................................................................................................................................289
Chapter 17. Here Documents.........................................................................................................................291
17.1. Here Strings................................................................................................................................299
Chapter 18. Recess Time................................................................................................................................301Part 4. Advanced Topics.................................................................................................................................302Chapter 19. Regular Expressions..................................................................................................................303
19.1. ABrief Introduction to Regular Expressions..............................................................................30319.2. Globbing.....................................................................................................................................306
Chapter 20. Subshells.....................................................................................................................................308Chapter 21. Restricted Shells.........................................................................................................................311Chapter 22. Process Substitution...................................................................................................................313
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