Bash Shell Scripting

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.

Wikibooks Contributors Present:
Bash Shell Scripting

An introductory look to Bash

Table of Contents

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

See also

• Images with BASH src code

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.

External links

• Bash Reference Manual − gnu.org
• GNU Bash Reference Manual for Bash 3.2 − network-theory.co.uk
• "Section - What does {some strange unix command name} stand for?"
• Wooledge BashGuide
• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide, by Mendel Cooper