From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 5 3:12:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91B5D37B427 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 03:12:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g15BAb847236; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 22:10:37 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 22:10:37 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Len Conrad Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OT: Re: Learning the "correct way"... Message-ID: <20020205221037.A46491@welearn.com.au> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020205030234.02ffd520@mail.Go2France.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020205030234.02ffd520@mail.Go2France.com>; from LConrad@Go2France.com on Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 03:07:31AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 03:07:31AM -0600, Len Conrad wrote: > "man sh" plus the .sh examples in the sytem are fine, but I can't find a > "Using the Bourne shell" on amazon or ora.com. There's one for bash, for > csh/tcsh, but not specifically Bourne. The O'Reilly bash book, which I think is the one you refer to, is excellent for learning the Bourne shell :-) I found it easy to work through step by step when I knew very little, and the vast majority of it is exactly the same for the two shells. In a few places where Bash differs, the book lets you know. If you're not real hot at shell programming yet, you probably won't be using many of the features that differ anyway. You have the man pages to refer to, but the book explains and gives examples. Once you've made some headway with that small non-intimidating book, get hold of "Unix Power Tools". It's large and expensive, but very approachable at all levels and you'll keep it beside your keyboard for years and years. It covers all shells, and more, and it will solve every problem you ever face, short of a broken heart. Rumour has it that the next version will include a coffee-making alarm clock and egg poacher that will feed the cats and search for your cleanest T-shirt while playing soft music until you wake up, running as a cron job of course. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message