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Book III: Programming the Shell

Claude Cantin (claude.cantin@nrc.ca)
http://www.nrc.ca/imsb/rcsg

Research Computing Support Group
Information Management Services Branch
National Research Council

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This document was produced by Claude Cantin of the National Research Council of Canada. Reproductions are permitted for non-profit purposes provided the origin of the document is acknowledged.

Claude Cantin
National Research Council of Canada

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• Contents
• List of Tables
• Programming the Shell
  • Introduction
  • A Simple Script
  • Special Characters
  • Verbatim echo
  • Parameters and the Shell
  • read: Reading Input from User
  • test: Comparisons
  • Control Structures
  • expr: Doing Arithmetic
  • Subroutines
  • Miscellaneous
  • trap: Trap signals
  • Tips Using Shell Commands
  • Exercises
• Solutions to Exercises
  • Programming the Shells
• Bibliography
• References
• About this document ...