Advanced Bash Scripting Guide, version 6.3 update

Announcing the version 6.3 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide."
This e-book tutorial and reference is the equivalent of a 1000-page
print book. With 373 illustrative examples (including such goodies as an
anti-spammer script, a man page editor, and a fairly feature-complete
version of Perquacky in a 12kb shell script), the book covers virtually
every aspect of scripting.

This e-book contains printable reference cards, just like commercially
available computer tutorials.

The book includes a cross-linked index.


The author invites comparisons with *any* commercially printed book on
shell scripting. His aim was to write "best of category" documentation.

"This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of
scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an
intermediate/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 shell scripting techniques. The
exercises and heavily-commented examples invite active reader
participation, under the premise that the only way to really
learn scripting is to write scripts."
-- from the Introduction


License: Open Publication License
This means the book is *free* and freely distributable.
The author now permits distribution of derivative and
substantively altered versions of the document.
The scripts contained within the book are GPL2, GPL3,
or Public Domain, as noted.

URLs:
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Linux Documentation Project:
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.pdf


Mirror Site:
http://bash.webofcrafts.net/abs-guide-latest.tar.bz2

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http://bash.webofcrafts.net/abs-guide.pdf [3202 kb]
pdf version optimized for duplex printing
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freshmeat.net page:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Author's home page:
http://bash.webofcrafts.net/abs-guide-latest.tar.bz2 [1.1 mb]
(bzip2-ed tarball containing SGML source and all example scripts)

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: beginner Qs about COM/.NET (context = exposing a pre-existing app to scripting)
    ... > therefore contain mutexes to access the serial port. ... Scripting languages, at the moment, only can deal with COM objects. ... > sense to me how reference counting fits into the picture. ... you don't need a mutex at all. ...
    (microsoft.public.vc.atl)
  • Re: vbs output to txt file
    ... the reference count to that object will be decremented. ... As does going out of scope:) ... You are religiously setting objects to nothing and not ... and so am seriously lacking in both scripting expertise ...
    (microsoft.public.scripting.wsh)
  • Re: Problem creating a filesystem object
    ... Is it possible that scripting is disabled on your computer as a security ... Check that the reference is still present: ... Ensure that "Microsoft Scripting Runtime" item is checked. ... The "Add Reference" dialog box normally opens in Windows System ...
    (microsoft.public.powerpoint)
  • Advanced Bash Scripting Guide: version 5.6 update
    ... Announcing the version 5.6 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide." ... This e-book contains printable reference cards, ... available computer tutorials. ... His aim was to write "best of category" documentation. ...
    (comp.os.linux.announce)
  • Advanced Bash Scripting Guide: version 6.2 update
    ... Announcing the version 6.2 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide." ... This e-book contains printable reference cards, ... available computer tutorials. ... His aim was to write "best of category" documentation. ...
    (comp.os.linux.announce)