Shell Programming/Concept Index

This is the concept index for the Shell Programming book.

A

• actions
• anonymous subroutines
• argc
• argv
• arithmetic
• arrays
• ascii
• assignment

B

• backslash
• bare blocks
• bareword strings
• begin blocks
• bit manipulation
• bitwise operators
• blocks
• boolean truth
• brackets
• branches

C

• case conversion
• case sensitivity
• case switching
• caveats
• CGI Common Gateway Interface Programming
• child
• cmp
• combination assignment operators
• comma
• commands
• command line parameters
• comments
• comparative operators
• concatenation
• conditional branches
• conditional loops
• conversion qualifiers
• conversion specifiers
• constants
• constructors
• context
• control statements
• control structures
• conversion
• converting statements into expressions
• crypt

D

Data Types

• date functions
• declaration
• decrement
• default variable
• delimiters
• destructors
• doublemint operator
• doublequotes

E

• empty statement
• empty string
• encryption
• environment
• error_handling
• equivalence
• error handling
• escape sequences
• event handling
• expressions
• external functions

F

• fields
• field separator
• file handling

Filehandles

• floating point numbers
• for loops
• foreach loops
• formatting functions
• functions

G

• given
• goto
• grouping arguments

H

• hashbang
• hashes

First Programs

• here_documents

I

• identifiers

If conditionals

• inbuilt functions
• infinite loops
• input
• instructions
• internals

Interpolation

• iterator
• iterative loops
• inverted syntax
• invocation

K

• keywords

L

• labels
• libraries
• lists
• literal characters
• local
• locale
• logical operators

Flow_control

• loops
• loop modifiers
• limitations

M

• main block
• mathematical functions
• metacharacters
• mistakes
• modules
• multiple branch conditionals

N

• nested loops
• nudge operators

Numbers

O

Operators

P

• patterns
• precedence
• print
• printf

Q

• quotationmarks

R

• records
• record_separator
• regular expressions

S

• search_patterns
• special variables
• statements

Strings

• strings
• symbols

T

• truth
• typecasting

V

• values

Basic Variables

• variable assignment
• variable_names

W

• while loops
• whitespace