Hi, On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 05:41:46PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > I want to learn shell programming. Thus I went to my university's library and > found a book named "UNIX Shell Programming". The problem is, the book is > written on 1988, and covers shell programming on Korn, Bourne and the C Shell > on both AT&T System V and Berkely systems ( I guess these two were the most > major Unices at the time ). > > Obviously, I am using Debian GNU/Linux not System V or BSD, and I use BASH. > But this is the only book in our library about shell programming. so I > wonder: > > 1 ) Can this book be beneficial for me? or is it so obsolete that it is not > usefull anymore?
I would think it could still be pretty useful, however their is a BASH Shell programming gude at www.linuxdoc.org if that makes you happier (i'm reading it now and it seems pretty good). > The book shows examples for all of these tree shells. Therefore I wonder > 2 ) Bash is more similar to which one of these Shells? Korn Bourne or C ? The Bourne shell, BASH stands for Bourne-Again SHell > 3) What things shall I keep in mind when reading example programs. Do commads > on Korn, Bourne and C, usually work on Bash? Or is Bash using a completely > diffrent syntax? The Bourne scripts should run perfectly... the BASH manpage should document any incompatible differences between the two. Good luck, Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
