From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 11 20:33:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 972BE16A52C for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 20:33:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2107543D45 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 20:32:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id l1so282398nzf for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 13:32:35 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=K5d35aDJOUNgTH0WD39VUrmaGXY9jFMi3lzkLDfavez4+QaMjkEsCuzAVeEWCI4u7Wwd+Rxbq4/Ay1P87QsqN0oFX3oc+Lza+P8UCdDldvAayU1qkNHXEaOPja1kJnZaRxtrbuVF/LPH5pUXjA/v4M+LqYa1mut9DhmII+flGvg= Received: by 10.64.184.7 with SMTP id h7mr946613qbf; Thu, 11 May 2006 13:32:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.150.9 with HTTP; Thu, 11 May 2006 13:32:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 13:32:34 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" To: "Doug Poland" In-Reply-To: <63874.209.103.215.99.1147376414.squirrel@email.polands.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <63874.209.103.215.99.1147376414.squirrel@email.polands.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bourne shell scripting resources X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 20:33:17 -0000 On 5/11/06, Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, > > Can someone point me to a good on-line reference for Bourne shell > scripting? I've come across some syntax I don't understand and, since > I don't understand it, don't know how to search the web for it. I found these in my bookmarks... http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/bash/html_chapter/bashref_toc.html http://steve-parker.org/sh/sh1.shtml Mostly I use "Unix Shells by Example" by Ellie Quigley. > For example, what do these special variable characters do? > > ${UNISON_SCHED%% *} # what does %% * do? > ${UNISON_JOB%\.*} # what does %\.* do? > > > -- > Regards, > Doug > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > --=20 -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--