Itâ s simple: if you want to interact deeply with Mac OS X, Linux, and
other Unix-like systems, you need to know how to work with the Bash
shell. This concise little book puts all of the essential information
about Bash right at your fingertips.
Youâ ll quickly find answers to the annoying questions that generally
come up when youâ re writing shell scripts: What characters do you need
to quote? How do you get variable substitution to do exactly what you
want? How do you use arrays? Updated for Bash version 4.4, this book has
the answers to these and other problems in a format that makes browsing
quick and easy.
Topics include:
- Invoking the shell
- Syntax
- Functions and variables
- Arithmetic expressions
- Command history
- Programmable completion
- Job control
- Shell options
- Command execution
- Coprocesses
- Restricted shells
- Built-in commands