- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: No Starch Press; 1 edition (Jan 8 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1593270127
- ISBN-13: 978-1593270124
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.2 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 567 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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#275,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7 in Books > Computers & Internet > Apple > Mac OS X UNIX
- #16 in Books > Computers & Internet > Operating Systems > Unix > Shell
- #53 in Books > Computers & Internet > Apple > Mac OS X
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Product Description
Book Description
Fun and functional Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX shell scripts
The UNIX shell is the main scripting environment of every Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX system, whether a rescued laptop or a million-dollar mainframe. This cookbook of useful, customizable, and fun scripts gives you the tools to solve common Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX problems and personalize your computing environment. Among the more than 100 scripts included are an interactive calculator, a spell checker, a disk backup utility, a weather tracker, and a web logfile analysis tool. The book also teaches you how to write your own sophisticated shell scripts by explaining the syntax and techniques used to build each example scripts. Examples are written in Bourne Shell (sh) syntax.
About the Author
Dave Taylor has a Masters degree in Education, an MBA, and has written a dozen technical books, including Learning UNIX for Mac OS X (O'Reilly), Solaris for Dummies (Hungry Minds), and Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours (SAMS). He was a contributor to BSD 4.4 UNIX, and his software is included in many major UNIX distributions.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Wicked Cool Shell Scripts,
By A Customer
This review is from: Wicked Cool Shell Scripts: 101 Scripts for Linux, Mac OS X, and UNIX Systems (Paperback)
For someone rather new to shell scripting this book was just what I needed. Having started off with Learning the BASH Shell, I grabbed Dave's book to what what else I could and add to my library of scripts. What this book pointed out to me was the wide range of applications that scripting is usefull for. Being someone new to a *NIX system, part of my problem has been just knowing what can/should be done with a script....This book solved part of that problem.The only reason this didn't get 5 stars was that I could've used more line-by-line reasoning (like a "PERL by Example" book). I can understand that this would've made the book about 5x longer though... Anyways, overall a good read, but most of all it got me to THINK about using scripts in my everyday programming.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very handy scripts that are cool & helpful,
By A Customer
This review is from: Wicked Cool Shell Scripts: 101 Scripts for Linux, Mac OS X, and UNIX Systems (Paperback)
I like writing scripts to monitor my systems and networks, but, I am not a good scripter :-) Dave's book is now one of my power tool collections.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wicked Cool Shell Scripts in the Real World,
By Will Bober (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wicked Cool Shell Scripts: 101 Scripts for Linux, Mac OS X, and UNIX Systems (Paperback)
Shell scripts are one of the building blocks that makes UNIX (all flavors) so fundamentally powerful. Some look down on the shell script and feel that it is to simple a tool. A review of any of the shells man pages will quickly show the range of activities one can accomplish with a _simple_ shell script. It's automation of the command prompt and is only limited by your imagination and understanding of UNIX.Dave Taylor has put together 101 shell scripts covering a multitude of topics for the many different UNIX platforms (OSX included). This is more than a shell game (pun intended) for Dave. It is quite apparent that he is a quality educator and writer who believes a proper context is a must for learning. The added benefit is that at times this may help make the learning process transparent. You will need at least some basic understanding of UNIX commands and shell scripting before this book will be useful. Dave doesn't intend it to be a command reference book or a shell howto but rather a "cookbook" utilizing real world scripts that may simplify your life while teaching you a thing or two. If you are new to UNIX or shell scripting there are many introductory books and/or web tutorials that you should start with before moving onto this book. The format and functionality of Wicked Cool Shell Scripts doesn't lend to reading it as a novel. Scan the table of contents and pick out the scripts that catch your attention or that cover issues you are currently dealing with. No matter how you read it, Wicked Cool Shell Scripts will either put a few more skills in your drawer or sharpen some of your old ones.
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