Linux Shell Scripting Programming, In 8 Hours, For Beginners, Learn Coding Fast: Linux Bash Scripting, and Shell Programming Crash Course, Quick Start Guide & Exercises

by Ray Yao, Dart R. Swift (Editor), Pandas C. Perl (Illustrator)

About This Book
"Shell Scripting in 8 Hours" is a textbook for high school and college students; it covers all essential Shell Scripting language knowledge . You can learn complete primary skills of Shell Scripting programming fast and easily .
The textbook includes a lot of practical examples for beginners and includes exercises for the college final exam, the engineer certification exam, and the job interview exam .
"Shell Scripting in 8 Hours" is a useful textbook for beginners . The straightforward definitions, the plain examples, the elaborate explanations and the neat layout feature this helpful and educative book . You will be impressed by its distinctive and tidy writing style . Reading this book is a great enjoyment!

Note
This book is only suitable for Shell Scripting programming beginners, high school students and college students; it is not for the experienced Shell Scripting programmers .

Source Code Available
This book provides source code for reference; you can reference the source code for better study, or copy the source code to your favorite editor to test the programs.




Table of Content

Hour 1
What is Linux Shell?
Shell Scripting
The First Shell Scripting
Shell Comment
Multi-Line Comments
Shell Variables
Variable Name
Read-Only Variable
Remove Variable
Input to Variable

Hour 2
Shell String (1)
Shell String (2)
Connect Strings
String Length
Extract Substring
About `expr…`
Search Index
Shell Parameters
Built-in Parameters

Hour 3
Shell Array
Accessing the Elements
Get All Elements
Array Length
Printf Command
Escape Sequences

Hour 4
Operators
if…then…else…fi
Arithmetical Operators
Comparison Operators
Boolean Operators

Hour 5
String Operators
File Operators
“echo” Command

Hour 6
Test Command
[ ] Symbol
Test Equality
Test Existence
Test Empty String
Shell Function
Function with Arguments
Return Values

Hour 7
if .. then .. elif .. then .. else
For Loop
While Loop
Until Loop
Case Statement
Break Command
Continue Command

Hour 8
Select Statement
I/O Redirection
Output Redirection
Append Redirection
Input Redirection
File Descriptor
Here Document
File Included

Appendix 1
Built-in Parameters Chart
Printf Command Chart
Escape Sequences Chart
Comparison Operators Chart
Boolean Operators Chart
String Operators Chart
File Operators Chart
I/O Redirection Chart

Appendix 2 Q & A
Tests
Answers

128 pages, Paperback

Published January 8, 2022