Bash Shell Scripting

Wikibooks Contributors Present: Bash Shell Scripting An introductory look to Bash

Currently this book provides an introductory level knowledge of Bash. Go to External Programs, External links and Using man, info and help for further directions and inspirations.

Introduction

 * About Bash
 * History
 * Prerequisites
 * How to read the book?
 * A few notes on terminology
 * Some notes on your shell

Beginning Bash

 * Intro Exercise
 * Simple Commands
 * Exit Status
 * Variables
 * Input-Output
 * Positional Parameters
 * Conditional Expressions
 * Loops
 * Shell Functions
 * Environment

More to Bash

 * Pipelines and Substitution
 * Shell Arithmetic
 * External Programs
 * Whiptail


 * Index of Symbols

Related Wikibooks

 * A Quick Introduction to Unix often involves the Bash shell.
 * Guide to Unix often involves the Bash shell.
 * The Android/Terminal IDE uses Bash as its default command shell.
 * Mac OS X Tiger/A Quick Look Under the Hood uses Bash as its default command shell.
 * Shell Programming
 * Bourne Shell Scripting - Bash is almost Bourne-Shell compatible.