num_pages: 488
description: Fun and functional Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX shell scriptsThe UNIX shell is the main scripting environment of every Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX system, whether a rescued laptop or a million-dollar mainframe. This cookbook of useful, customizable, and fun scripts gives you the tools to solve common Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX problems and personalize your computing environment. Among the more than 100 scripts included are an interactive calculator, a spell checker, a disk backup utility, a weather tracker, and a web logfile analysis tool. The book also teaches you how to write your own sophisticated shell scripts by explaining the syntax and techniques used to build each example scripts. Examples are written in Bourne Shell (sh) syntax.
language: English
title: Wicked Cool Shell Scripts
titlecomplete: Wicked Cool Shell Scripts
genres: Computer Science, Programming, Technical, Coding, Reference, Technology, Software, Computers, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 104
publisher: No Starch Press