Unix Shell Scripting Advanced

Introduction to Unix
About this Course
Course Structure
What is the UNIX Shell?
Which Shell?
What is a Shell Script?

Your First Shell Script
A Basic Script
The echo Command Tutorials
The read Command
Shell Basics Revisited
Special Characters in Unix
Comments
Chapter Exercises
Exercise Solutions

Running a Shell Script
Running a Unix Script on the Command-line
Running a Script from within vi
Your PATH and bin
Script Interpreters
CGI Scripts

Unix Shell Programming Features
Unix Shell Variables Tutorials
Environment Variables
The Trouble with Quotes Tutorials 1
The Trouble with Quotes 2
Grouping Commands
Line Control
Chapter Exercises
Exercise Solutions
Introducing the Course Project
Course Project Solution

Conditional Code
True and False Tutorials
Conditional Command Execution
The if Statement
The else Clause
The elif Clause
Using test 1
Using test 2
Using test 3
The case Statement
Chapter Exercises
Exercise Solutions

Loops in Unix
The while Loop
break and continue Tutorials
Numerical Calculations
The for Loop
Chapter Exercises
Exercise Solutions

Text Processing
About Filters
grep in Unix
Regular Expressions Tutorials
sort
sed
awk 1
awk 2
Chapter Exercises
Exercise Solutions

Unix Functions
Program Structure
Defining and Calling a Function
Unix Function Parameters
Function Return Values
Functions in Other Files
Case Study: The yesno Function
Chapter Exercises
Exercise Solutions

Command-line Parameters
Using Command-line Parameters
Using shift
Using set --
Using IFS
Usage Messages
Chapter Exercises
Exercise Solutions

Advanced Unix Scripting
Unix Debugging Tutorials
Default Values for Variables
Temporary Files
Preventing Abnormal Termination
Chapter Exercises
Exercise Solutions
The End