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Unix Shell Scripting Advanced Course

Author : Mark Virtue

8hrs (76 Lessons) 2005-02-01

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Virtual Training Company's Unix Shell Scripting Advanced course is recommended for the more advanced user who has a working knowledge of basic UNIX Shell operation. This course describes how to create programs using the syntax and features of the UNIX Shell, focusing on the most popular---the Bourne Shell. In this eight hour tutorial, author Mark Virtue will demonstrate techniques that will be compatible with all brands of UNIX, including LINUX. If you need a thorough understanding Unix Shell Scripting, start learning now by clicking on one of the movie links below.

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Course: Unix Shell Scripting Advanced
Author: Mark Virtue
SKU: 33295
ISBN: 1930519699
Work Files: Yes
Captions: No
Subject: Operating Systems
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Course outline

Introduction

About this Course (08:53)

Course Structure (04:11)

What is the UNIX Shell? (06:01)

Which Shell? (04:47)

What is a Shell Script? (09:11)

Your First Shell Script

A Basic Script (07:50)

The echo Command (04:16)

The read Command (11:46)

Shell Basics Revisited (13:21)

Special Characters (08:05)

Comments (05:12)

Chapter Exercises (03:36)

Exercise Solutions (06:38)

Running a Shell Script

Running a Script on the Command-line (14:29)

Running a Script from within vi (05:13)

Your PATH and bin (05:37)

Script Interpreters (07:18)

CGI Scripts (05:49)

Shell Programming Features

Shell Variables (08:44)

Environment Variables (08:02)

The Trouble with Quotes 1 (15:12)

The Trouble with Quotes 2 (03:08)

Grouping Commands (03:22)

Line Control (02:53)

Chapter Exercises (08:03)

Exercise Solutions (04:45)

Introducing the Course Project (06:02)

Course Project Solution (06:02)

Conditional Code

True and False (08:37)

Conditional Command Execution (05:17)

The if Statement (04:50)

The else Clause (04:02)

The elif Clause (03:58)

Using test 1 (21:54)

Using test 2 (09:49)

Using test 3 (03:01)

The case Statement (07:50)

Chapter Exercises (07:50)

Exercise Solutions (07:50)

Loops

The while Loop (05:45)

break and continue (05:10)

Numerical Calculations (07:03)

The for Loop (02:37)

Chapter Exercises (01:18)

Exercise Solutions (08:37)

Text Processing

About Filters (08:16)

grep (02:08)

Regular Expressions (11:16)

sort (04:33)

sed (10:04)

awk 1 (16:03)

awk 2 (02:47)

Chapter Exercises (07:26)

Exercise Solutions (07:26)

Functions

Program Structure (04:21)

Defining and Calling a Function (06:36)

Function Parameters (09:29)

Function Return Values (06:56)

Functions in Other Files (02:50)

Case Study: The yesno Function (07:22)

Chapter Exercises (04:54)

Exercise Solutions (06:57)

Command-line Parameters

Using Command-line Parameters (07:18)

Using shift (03:58)

Using set -- (04:49)

Using IFS (03:32)

Usage Messages (07:20)

Chapter Exercises (04:03)

Exercise Solutions (07:16)

Advanced Scripting

Debugging (09:17)

Default Values for Variables (03:17)

Temporary Files (03:36)

Preventing Abnormal Termination (12:34)

Chapter Exercises (02:56)

Exercise Solutions (11:21)

The End (01:36)