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Old 12-09-2003
Shell Programming Help
Hi,

I am new to shell programming, and hve been given a request to write a shell script.

Is there any good places to go to see examples of how to write shell programming scripts?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 12-09-2003
Search for posts using keywords like "tutorial" and "books" and you should find plenty.
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Old 12-09-2003
For bash, this seems to be the best:

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html
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Old 12-09-2003
Another good site for Korn Shell scripting brought to you by the inventor of the Korn Shell, David Korn (He'll even respond to KSH email questions that you send him! There is a link on his page that has his email - find it!)
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Old 12-10-2003
what about looking at the forum titled Shell Programming and Scripting Q & A

plenty of examples and snipits of code to do all kinda stuff.
 
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