Advanced Bash−Scripting Guide

Advanced Bash−Scripting Guide
David Medinets, Unix Shell Programming Tools, McGraw−Hill, 1999, 0070397333.
Good info on shell scripting, with examples, and a short intro to Tcl and Perl.
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Cameron Newham and Bill Rosenblatt, Learning the Bash Shell, 2nd edition, O'Reilly and Associates, 1998,
1−56592−347−2.
This is a valiant effort at a decent shell primer, but somewhat deficient in coverage on programming topics
and lacking sufficient examples.
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Anatole Olczak, Bourne Shell Quick Reference Guide, ASP, Inc., 1991, 093573922X.
A very handy pocket reference, despite lacking coverage of Bash−specific features.
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Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides, Unix Power Tools, 2nd edition, O'Reilly and Associates,
Random House, 1997, 1−56592−260−3.
Contains a couple of sections of very informative in−depth articles on shell programming, but falls short of
being a tutorial. It reproduces much of the regular expressions tutorial from the Dougherty and Robbins book,
above.
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Clifford Pickover, Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty, St. Martin's Press, 1990, 0−312−04123−3.
A treasure trove of ideas and recipes for computer−based exploration of mathematical oddities.
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George Polya, How To Solve It, Princeton University Press, 1973, 0−691−02356−5.
The classic tutorial on problem solving methods (i.e., algorithms).
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Arnold Robbins, Bash Reference Card, SSC, 1998, 1−58731−010−5.
Excellent Bash pocket reference (don't leave home without it). A bargain at $4.95, but also available for free
download on−line in pdf format.
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