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The Ultimate Linux Shell Scripting Guide

You're reading from The Ultimate Linux Shell Scripting Guide Automate, Optimize, and Empower tasks with Linux Shell Scripting

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835463574

Length 696 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Bash

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Donald A. Tevault

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with the Shell

2. Interpreting Commands FREE CHAPTER

3. Understanding Variables and Pipelines

4. Understanding Input/Output Redirection

5. Customizing the Environment

6. Text-Stream Filters – Part 1

7. Text Stream Filters – Part 2

8. Basic Shell Script Construction

9. Filtering Text with grep, sed, and Regular Expressions

10. Understanding Functions

11. Performing Mathematical Operations

12. Automating Scripts with here Documents and expect

13. Scripting with ImageMagick

14. Using awk – Part 1

15. Using awk – Part 2

16. Creating User Interfaces with yad, dialog, and xdialog

17. Using Shell Script Options with getops

18. Shell Scripting for Security Professionals

19. Shell Script Portability

20. Shell Script Security

21. Debugging Shell Scripts

22. Introduction to Z Shell Scripting

23. Using PowerShell on Linux

24. Other Books You May Enjoy

25. Index

Index

Symbols

/tmp/ Directory 543, 544

A

Access Control List (ACL) 521

setting, for Horatio on FreeBSD 14 524-526

setting, for Horatio on Linux 521-524

setting, for Horatio on OpenIndiana 526-528

using 521

action 371, 372

aliases 81-86, 633-636

American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) 490

apache access log

parsing 226-228

Apache webserver logs

searching, for cross-site scripting 281-283

Application Programming Interface (API) 303

arrays

using 191-194, 407, 408

array variables 190, 191

associative array 379

awk command 369, 370

busybox 370

gawk 370

mawk 370

nawk 370

awk programming variables

using 401

awk script construction 397, 398

B

bash 1

env command, using 488, 489

running, on Non-Linux Systems 488

Symbolic Link, creating 489, 490

bashdb

help, obtaining 593, 594

installing, on FreeBSD 590

installing, on Linux 590

installing, on...

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Authors (1)

Donald A. Tevault

Donald A. Tevault

Donald A. Tevault - but you can call him Donnie - got involved with Linux way back in 2006, and has been working with it ever since. He holds the Linux Professional Institute Level 3-Security certification, and the GIAC Incident Handler certification. Donnie is a professional Linux trainer, and thanks to the magic of the internet, teaches Linux classes literally the world over from the comfort of his living room. He's also a Linux security researcher for an IoT security company.

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