BASH COOKBOOK: leverage bash scripting to automate daily tasks and improve productivity

✍ Scribed by Brash, Ron

• Publisher: PACKT Publishing Limited
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Create simple to advanced shell scripts and enhance your system functionality with effective recipes

Key Features

Automate tedious and repetitive tasks

Create several novel applications ranging from a simple IRC logger to a Web Scraper

Manage your system efficiently by becoming a seasoned Bash user

Book Description

In Linux, one of the most commonly used and most powerful tools is the Bash shell. With its collection of engaging recipes, Bash Cookbook takes you through a series of exercises designed to teach you how to effectively use the Bash shell in order to create and execute your own scripts.

The book starts by introducing you to the basics of using the Bash shell, also teaching you the fundamentals of generating any input from a command. With the help of a number of exercises, you will get to grips with the automation of daily tasks for sysadmins and power users. Once you have a hands-on understanding of the subject, you will move...

✦ Table of Contents

Table of ContentsCrash Course in BashActing Like a Typewriter and File ExplorerUnderstanding and Gaining File System MasteryMaking a Script Behave Like a DaemonScripts for System Administration TasksScripts for Power UsersWriting Bash to Win and ProfitAdvanced Scripting Techniques