Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 08:28:02 +0200 From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> To: "Brenda J. Butler" <bjb@sourcerer.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mininal skills Message-ID: <CADqw_gJpjAOAL_VAsppqCQBJZixY=PCFFmkE7is6xJGX_U4BZQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200605062217.cjtkdgwqwqqienct@blueeyes.stuffed.animals> References: <CY4PR19MB0104A2C03F4D66A1DA251A23F9880@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <CY4PR19MB0104E74C96FDA086AF18C0F8F9890@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <CY4PR19MB01040BA77657FD7AB1D0B1E9F9890@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <20200605062217.cjtkdgwqwqqienct@blueeyes.stuffed.animals>
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 8:22 AM Brenda J. Butler <bjb@sourcerer.ca> wrote: > > As for "what is shell programming" ... it's the same as regular programming > but written in a language that doesn't need to be compiled. Often the > shell program calls on other programs to do the work. So learning "shell > programming" is about more than learning the shell language - it is > also about learning enough of those other little utilities to be > able to do something useful in the shell. > One of the best books on the subject (in my experience) is "The Unix Programming Environment" by Kernighan and Pike - written in 1984, it is still a good text to teach you some of the fundamentals of the ... unix programming environment ;-). I highly recommend it. regards Michael -- Michael Schuster http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ recursion, n: see 'recursion'
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