From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eastrmmtao104.cox.net (eastrmmtao104.cox.net [68.230.240.46]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 359C610AC1 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:40:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from eastrmimpo03.cox.net ([68.1.16.126]) by eastrmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20081108204204.TYAO2096.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:42:04 -0500 Received: from bach.local ([68.12.115.220]) by eastrmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id cki21a0024lNohg02ki2hr; Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:42:02 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=g7SC4x2ZaZcx6tUhRZEA:9 a=5HPpB25IMhp-Es2x1e38-z_pRQcA:4 a=StbeKVLXpGgA:10 a=C35D7iIojSgA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: learning bash References: <20081108202836.GA9121@cq.ftml.net> From: Chris Brannon Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:41:40 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20081108202836.GA9121@cq.ftml.net> (Chuck Hallenbeck's message of "Sat\, 8 Nov 2008 15\:28\:36 -0500") Message-ID: <87ej1muf0b.fsf@cox.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:40:32 -0000 Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > There are examples of bash scripts everywhere, but many of them are > tricky, not simple. Also, there is a humungous man page for bash, also > not much fun to read. There's also a freely-available ebook called the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide". I have a plain-text copy. Feel free to grab it from the following URL: http://members.cox.net/cmbrannon/abs-guide.txt.bz2 Good stuff, I think. -- Chris