Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 2.0 Stable - A tutorial and reference on shell scripting using Bash.

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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 2.0 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Monday, August 25th 2003 12:33

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 544
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
265 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables.

Changes:
This release adds more example scripts, more discussion of "here
documents", discussion of the "dialog" tool, printable reference cards,
and a few bugfixes.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 2.1 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Monday, September 15th 2003 10:51

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 544
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
265 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables.

Changes:
Bugfixes in reference cards. A new reference card added, several example
scripts, and a small amount of new editorial material have been added.
There are various small changes and bugfixes in the text.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.2 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Wed, Feb 9th 2005 16:10

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 612
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
300 profusely commented illustrative examples (including such goodies as
an anti-spammer script), and a number of tables. Not just a shell
scripting tutorial, this book also provides an introduction to basic
programming techniques, such as sorting and recursion. It is well suited
for either individual study or classroom use.

Changes:
Many bugfixes. Much more material and several example scripts have been
added. A few existing sample scripts have been cleaned up and enhanced.
This release is actually somewhere between a minor and a major update.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 4.2 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Wed, Dec 20th 2006 18:46

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 700
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.
It covers Bash version 3+.

Changes:
This is a fairly important update. The too-wide pages have finally been
reformatted for printing and better display on the PDF version. Quite a
bit of new material has been added, including a new example script. There
are some bugfixes.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 2.2 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Monday, November 3rd 2003 12:49

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 590
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
277 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables.

Changes:
Much new material has been added. Focus on arrays: more scripts and
discussion. A very long review example has been added to "Contributed
Scripts." There are more bugfixes.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.3 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Mon, Mar 21st 2005 09:14

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 646
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.


Changes:
More bugfixes were made, some of them fairly important. New material was
added, including a few rather useful example scripts. This is more than a
"minor" update, but not quite a major one.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 4.3 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Fri, Apr 27th 2007 10:43

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 700
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.
It covers Bash version 3+.

Changes:
Bugfixes. 4 new example scripts have been added. A fair amount of new
material has been added. This is a fairly important update, and worth
downloading.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 2.3 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Monday, January 5th 2004 11:37

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 590
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
277 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables.

Changes:
There are some important bugfixes. The revision history has been moved to
the back of the book, which makes it more readable. More material and
example scripts have been added.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.4 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Sun, May 8th 2005 22:14

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 646
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.


Changes:
Major stylistic changes were made in the text. Some bugfixes were made and
a great deal of new material was added, including several new example
scripts.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 5.0 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Thu, Jun 21st 2007 10:47

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of 800+ print
pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains over 320
profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables. Not just
a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an introduction to
basic programming techniques, such as sorting and recursion. It is well
suited for either individual study or classroom use. It covers Bash
version 3+.

Changes:
This release adds a cross-linked index (the final missing critical feature
in this project), other new material (including a new appendix and a
couple of new example scripts), and bugfixes. This is an important update.


Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 2.4 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Sunday, January 25th 2004 22:19

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 532
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
281 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables.

Changes:
"revision history" has been fixed to conform to the Docbook standard. One
new example script has been added. There is more on "Here Documents", on
arithmetic expansion, and in the "Gotchas" chapter.

Release focus: Minor bugfixes
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.5 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Sun, Jun 5th 2005 12:06

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 646
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.


Changes:
Several bugfixes. More new material has been added, including 5 new example
scripts (among them a new spam hunter script). Coverage of a few key
commands has been expanded.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 5.1 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Thu, Nov 8th 2007 11:26

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of 870+ print
pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains 334
profusely commented illustrative examples, a number of tables, and a
cross-linked index/glossary. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this
book also provides an introduction to basic programming techniques, such
as sorting and recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or
classroom use. It covers Bash version 3+.

Changes:
This release adds new material, including a couple of example scripts. The
cross-linked index has been enhanced. Several bugfixes have been made.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 2.5 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Monday, February 16th 2004 23:39

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 542
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
288 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables.

Changes:
This release features more bugfixes. More new material and a number of new
example scripts were added. An additional appendix was added.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.6 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Sun, Aug 28th 2005 13:39

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 646
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.


Changes:
This release adds an important bugfix update and a fair amount of new
material.

Release focus: Major bugfixes
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_bz2/abs-guide-3.6.tar.bz2
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 5.2 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Fri, Mar 14th 2008 01:17

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of 880+ print
pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains 340
profusely commented illustrative examples, a number of tables, and a
cross-linked index/glossary. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this
book also provides an introduction to basic programming techniques, such
as sorting and recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or
classroom use. It covers Bash, up to and including version 3.2x.

Changes:
Many bugfixes and stylistic cleanups were done. Four new example scripts
were added. A new subsection on version 3.2 Bash update was added.
Explanations of certain difficult concepts were clarified. This is an
important update.

Release focus: Major bugfixes
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 2.7 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Wednesday, April 28th 2004 09:57

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 556
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
293 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables. Not
just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an introduction
to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and recursion. It is well
suited for either individual study or classroom use.

Changes:
A few additional bugfixes. More material and example scripts have been
added. Some example scripts have been cleaned up. There is more material
and scripts on using /dev and /proc in scripting, and more in the
"Assorted Tips" section.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.7 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Fri, Oct 21st 2005 10:04

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 646
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.


Changes:
This routine maintenance update fixes a number of typos and minor errors,
and adds one new example script and quite a bit of other new material.

Release focus: Minor bugfixes
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 5.3 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Sat, May 10th 2008 14:29

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of 900+ print
pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains 343
profusely commented illustrative examples, a number of tables, and a
cross-linked index/glossary. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this
book also provides an introduction to basic programming techniques, such
as sorting and recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or
classroom use. It covers Bash, up to and including version 3.2x.

Changes:
This can be considered a "word games update." Recreational scripts were
added, such as an almost full-featured Perquacky clone script, a script
that does the "Petals Around the Rose" puzzle, and a crossword puzzle
solver script. There is also the usual batch of bugfixes and other new
material.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.8 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Wed, Mar 22nd 2006 02:18

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 646
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.


Changes:
Minor rewriting was done in the "Miscellany" chapter. A few command entries
were added in various chapters. A couple of more example scripts were
added. The usual set of bugs were fixed.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 5.4 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Mon, Jul 21st 2008 09:17

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of 900+ print
pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains 350
profusely commented illustrative examples, a number of tables, and a
cross-linked index/glossary. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book
also provides an introduction to basic programming techniques, such as
sorting and recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or
classroom use. It covers Bash, up to and including version 3.25.

Changes:
Much new material was added, including 7 new example scripts, among them a
man page editor and a standard deviation script. Much-need clarification of
certain sections and, of course, the usual round of bugfixes were done.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 2.8 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Mon, Jul 12th 2004 15:51

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 556
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
293 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables. Not
just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an introduction
to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and recursion. It is well
suited for either individual study or classroom use.

Changes:
A couple of bugfixes, and new material added to the "Special Characters,"
"Arithmetic Expansion," "Internal Commands," "Gotchas," and "List
Constructs" chapters.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.9 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Sat, May 20th 2006 13:12

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 646
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.


Changes:
The usual set of bugfixes were made. A new example script was added. Other
new material was added. One chapter was reformatted.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Changelog: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_changelog/Change.log
Mirror site: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_mirror/abs-guide-3.9.tar.bz2
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.0 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Tue, Oct 5th 2004 14:40

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 604
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
299 profusely commented illustrative examples (including such goodies as
an anti-spammer script), and a number of tables. Not just a shell
scripting tutorial, this book also provides an introduction to basic
programming techniques, such as sorting and recursion. It is well suited
for either individual study or classroom use.

Changes:
As usual, bugfixes. Much more new material added. Coverage of some of the
interesting new features of Bash 3. Two versions of a powerful
anti-spammer examscript added.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 4.0 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Thu, Jun 22nd 2006 10:16

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 700
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.
It covers Bash version 3+.

Changes:
Significant reorganization of parts of the book. Cleanup of markup tags. A
cross-linked "commands" section. Some bugfixes and a fair amount of new
material, including a couple of new example scripts.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_bz2/abs-guide-4.0.tar.bz2
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Mirror site: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_mirror/abs-guide-4.0.tar.bz2
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 3.1 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Mon, Nov 15th 2004 12:28

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 612
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
300 profusely commented illustrative examples (including such goodies as
an anti-spammer script), and a number of tables. Not just a shell
scripting tutorial, this book also provides an introduction to basic
programming techniques, such as sorting and recursion. It is well suited
for either individual study or classroom use.

Changes:
Many small corrections and bugfixes were made throughout the book. Much new
material was added, including a couple of new example scripts. More info on
new features of Bash 3 was added. The "Localization" appendix was heavily
edited.

Release focus: Major bugfixes
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 4.1 Stable
by M. Leo Cooper (http://freshmeat.net/~thegrendel/)
Wed, Oct 11th 2006 13:26

About:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on
shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 700
print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains
over 300 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of
tables. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an
introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and
recursion. It is well suited for either individual study or classroom use.
It covers Bash version 3+.

Changes:
This is a bugfix and clarification update. The "Subshells" chapter has been
updated (much-need clarification). Some new material added: a couple of
small example scripts and some definitions. A couple of exercises have
been added in the "Exercises Appendix." There are some bugfixes.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_homepage/html
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/advancedbashscriptingguide/130/url_tgz/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
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