Contents

• List of Tables
  
  
  
  
• What is a Shell?
  
  
  
  
  
  • Basic Unix primer
    
    
    
    
    
    • The Man Pages
    
    
    
    
    
  • Unix Commands versus Built in Shell Commands
    
    
    
    
  • Interactive and Sub Shells
    
    
    
    
  • Command Line Parsing
    
    
    
    
  • Redirection
  
  
  
  
  
• The Bourne Shell
  
  
  
  
  
  • A Bit of History
    
    
    
    
  • Getting to Know the Bourne Shell
    
    
    
    
  • Multiple Commands Per Line
    
    
    
    
  • Redirection and Pipelines
    
    
    
    
  • Filename Substitution
    
    
    
    
  • Special Characters
    
    
    
    
  • Variables
    
    
    
    
    
    • Variable Substitutions
      
      
      
      
    • Parameters
      
      
      
      
    • Environmental Variables
      
      
      
      
    • Special Variables
    
    
    
    
    
  • Bourne Shell Programming
    
    
    
    
    
    • Testing and Branching
      
      
      
      
    • String Comparisons
      
      
      
      
    • Testing Files
      
      
      
      
    • Loop Control
      
      
      
      
      
      • Exiting Loops Early
      
      
      
      
      
    • Input and Output (I/O)
      
      
      
      
    • Advanced Programming Topics
      
      
      
      
      
      • Functions
        
        
        
        
      • Trapping Errors
      
      
      
      
      
    • Dot Files
  
  
  
  
  
• The Korn Shell
  
  
  
  
  
  • A Bit of History
    
    
    
    
  • Getting to Know the Korn Shell
    
    
    
    
  • Comman Execution
    
    
    
    
  • Redirection and Pipelines
    
    
    
    
  • Filename Substitution
    
    
    
    
  • Special Characters
    
    
    
    
  • Comman History
    
    
    
    
  • Aliases
    
    
    
    
  • Variables
    
    
    
    
    
    • User Defined Variables
      
      
      
      
    • Array Variables
      
      
      
      
    • Global or Environment Variables
      
      
      
      
    • Parameters
      
      
      
      
    • Special Read Only Variables
      
      
      
      
    • Variable Modifiers
    
    
    
    
    
  • Korn Shell Programming
    
    
    
    
    
    • Testing and Branching
      
      
      
      
    • String Comparisons
      
      
      
      
    • Testing FIles
      
      
      
      
    • Loop Control
  
  
  
  
  
• The C Shell
  
  
  
  
  
  • A Bit of History
    
    
    
    
  • Getting Started with the C Shell
    
    
    
    
  • Command Execution
    
    
    
    
  • Redirection and Pipelines
    
    
    
    
  • Filename Substitution
    
    
    
    
  • Filename Completion
    
    
    
    
  • Special Characters
    
    
    
    
  • Command History
    
    
    
    
  • Aliases
    
    
    
    
  • Variables
    
    
    
    
    
    • User Defined Variables
      
      
      
      
    • Array Variables
      
      
      
      
    • Global or Environment Variables
      
      
      
      
    • Parameters
      
      
      
      
    • Special Read Only Variables
      
      
      
      
    • Variable Modifiers
    
    
    
    
    
  • C Shell Programming
    
    
    
    
    
    • Testing and Branching
      
      
      
      
    • Signal Handling
    
    
    
    
    
  • Job Control
    
    
    
    
  • Special Files
    
    
    
    
    
    • Introduction to Unix Security
  
  
  
  
  
• The TC Shell
  
  
  
  
• The Z Shell
  
  
  
  
• How to Pick a Shell
  
  
  
  
• Bourne Shell Builtin Commands
  
  
  
  
• C Shell Builtin Commands
  
  
  
  
• How to Get Shells
  
  
  
  
• References
  
  
  
  
• About this document ...