Linux, Unix, /etc/

$ To set up this Linux system, do I really have to type long,
cryptic, frequently inconsistent and undocumented commands with
occasional long strings of hex digits?

# Yeah. You got a problem with that?

Unix Shell Scripts

Introduction

Since this page seems to be quite popular (well, as far as pages I put on the web go!), I thought I'd write up some resources for Unix shell scripting to add to the collection of my own presented here. This page is a grab-bag of small scripts that I've written to do stuff. It is neither a tutorial nor a reference. If that's what you're looking for, however, some of these links listed below may help. Also, some of my other info. on scripts and scripting is included on this site. When you're finished with this page, I suggest you have a dig around in my main Linux, Unix, etc section.

Shell Scripting Resources

Unix shell scripts show the Unix Philosophy in action.

The best introduction to the Unix shell is still The Unix Programming Environment.
If you don't want to shell out (ach! I make joke! Ze fun we have!) for that, then Bourne's Introduction to the Unix Shell (V7) is on the web, and still worth reading — there's a htmlized version.
Softpanorama Virtual Library: Open Source Shells Webliography Don't mind the rather eccentric English style, this is an excellent treatement of the subject
SHELLdorado - your UNIX shell scripting resource Just what it says!
And, as I favour ksh:
- pdksh — public domain korn shell
- Official Korn Shell site

My Shell Scripts

These are some of the /bin/sh scripts that I find useful in day-to-day work. Readers of Unix Power Tools or The Unix Programming Environment may recognise some of them; others are "all my own work, honest guv'nor".

Before we begin, this seems as good a place as any to list two related files, my .profile and .kshrc files.

Simple Scripts

These are simple stand-alone scripts. You are unlikely to find anything very impressive here if you already hack your own scripts, but a novice might find some of the ideas new.

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