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Shell Programming in Unix, Linux and OS X (the Fourth Edition of Kochan and Wood's classic Unix Shell Programming tutorial) can help any modern Unix, Linux, or OS X user get more done faster with their operating system of choice. One of the world's most respected Unix programming books, it has been updated throughout to fully address today's widely-used platforms, including Oracle Solaris, Mac OS X and Linux.

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Author:   Stephen Kochan ,  Patrick Wood
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Addison Wesley
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.60cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9780134496009

ISBN 10:   0134496000
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   04 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

1 A Quick Review of the Basics     Some Basic Commands         Displaying the Date and Time: The date Command         Finding Out Who’s Logged In: The who Command         Echoing Characters: The echo Command     Working with Files         Listing Files: The ls Command         Displaying the Contents of a File: The cat Command         Counting the Number of Words in a File: The wc Command         Command Options         Making a Copy of a File: The cp Command         Renaming a File: The mv Command         Removing a File: The rm Command     Working with Directories         The Home Directory and Pathnames         Displaying Your Working Directory: The pwd Command         Changing Directories: The cd Command         More on the ls Command         Creating a Directory: The mkdir Command         Copying a File from One Directory to Another         Moving Files Between Directories         Linking Files: The ln Command         Removing a Directory: The rmdir Command     Filename Substitution         The Asterisk         Matching Single Characters     Filename Nuances         Spaces in Filenames         Other Weird Characters     Standard Input/Output, and I/O Redirection         Standard Input and Standard Output         Output Redirection         Input Redirection     Pipes         Filters     Standard Error     More on Commands         Typing More Than One Command on a Line         Sending a Command to the Background         The ps Command     Command Summary 2 What Is the Shell?     The Kernel and the Utilities     The Login Shell     Typing Commands to the Shell     The Shell’s Responsibilities         Program Execution         Variable and Filename Substitution         I/O Redirection         Hooking up a Pipeline         Environment Control

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Stephen Kochan is the author or co-author of several best-selling titles on Unix and the C language, including Programming in C, Programming in Objective-C, Topics in C Programming, and Exploring the Unix System. He is a former software consultant for AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he developed and taught classes on Unix and C programming. Patrick Wood is the CTO of the New Jersey location of Electronics for Imaging. He was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories when he met Mr. Kochan in 1985. Together they founded Pipeline Associates, Inc., a Unix consulting firm, where he was vice president. They co-authored Exploring the Unix System, Unix System Security, Topics in C Programming, and Unix Shell Programming.

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