Steve's Bourne / Bash shell scripting tutorial

This page introduces you a Bourne Shell Programming/Scripting Tutorial for learning about using the Unix shell. You can master Unix shell scripting in no time. This shell scripting tutorial helps you to understand basics of Bourne/Bash shell and powerful programming techniques. This Shell programming tutorial is intended to programmers having minimum knowledge in interactive unix shell and programming in C language or pascal. This tutorials explains shell scripting techniques along with exercises for better understanding.

Following are the shell scripting topics covered in this tutorial.

1. Introduction- Shell programming/Scripting
   
2. PHILOSOPHY
3. A FIRST SCRIPT
4. VARIABLES - Part I - Scope of Variables
5. WILDCARDS
6. ESCAPE CHARACTERS
7. LOOPS -For Loops, While Loops
8. TEST
9. CASE
10. VARIABLES - Part II - Pre-set Variables
11. VARIABLES - Part III - Default Values
12. EXTERNAL PROGRAMS
13. FUNCTIONS - Scope of Variables, Recursion, Exit Codes
14. HINTS AND TIPS - Cheating with awk, Cheating with sed, Telnet Hint
15. QUICK REFERENCE
16. INTERACTIVE SHELL
17. EXERCISES - Addressbook, Directory Traversal

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1. Classic Shell Scripting
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3. A Practical Guide to Linux(R) Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
4. Mastering Unix Shell Scripting: Bash, Bourne, and Korn Shell Scripting for Programmers, System Administrators, and UNIX Gurus
   

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1. A User's Guide to the Z-Shell By Peter Stephenson
2. Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide By Mendel Cooper
3. An Introduction to the Unix Shell - Mirrored by Steve Parker
4. An Introduction to the Z Shell By Paul Falstad
5. Easy Shell Scripting By Blessen Cherian
6. Example Shell Scripts - Context-Switch.com
7. Getting the Most From Your Shell By Paul Dunne
8. ksh - Public domain Korn shell by Eric Gisin
9. ksh(1) - KornShell, a standard/restricted command and programming language
10. Learning the Shell By William Shotts, Jr.
11. Linux Kernel Development Second Edition By Robert Love
12. Linux Programming By Kurt Wall, Mark Watson, and Mark Whitis
13. Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial by Vivek G Gite
14. O'reilly Learning the Korn Shell By Bill Rosenblatt
15. Programming the UNIX/linux Shell by Claude Cantin
16. Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours
17. Shell Command Language by The Open Group
18. Shell Programming Part-1 by B. Brown
19. Shell Programming Part-2 by B. Brown
20. Shell Script Programming by Matz Kindahl
21. Shell Scripts and Awk By Tim Love
22. The C Shell tutorial from University of Hawaii at Manoa
23. The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide By Peter Jay Salzman and Ori Pomerantz
24. THE Unix SHELL GUIDE By Norman J. Buchanan and Douglas M. Gingrich
25. UNIX Bourne Shell Programming
26. Unix Programming Tools By Parlante, Zelenski, and many others
27. UNIX shell differences and how to change your shell from faqs.org
28. UNIX shell scripting with sh/ksh
29. UNIX System Calls and Subroutines using C By A. D. Marshall
30. Writing Shell Scripts by William Shotts, Jr.
31. ZSH Documentation by Paul Falstad