On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > On Sat 17 Mar 2007 08:02:29 NZDT +1300, Roger Searle wrote: > > [lots of bash very basics] > > If you don't mind me saying Roger, you need to sit down with a basic > bash tutorial. There are more than you can handle, so pick the one(s) > you like best. Everything you learn about bash scripting you can re-use > as-is on the command line. Any skill here will allow you to do things > with 5-liners a Microsoftie[1] can never dream of. That includes trivial > backup methods, automating things when they are non-interactive, and a > gazillion other things you discover when you get there. > > Volker > > [1] User of software products coming out of Redmond, USA.
You might find this more than somewhat useful:- ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-doc-3.2.tar.gz Unfortunately the above URL does not contain the source files from which the above documents were typeset for 'Letter' format paper. The documentation sources and a very informative FAQ are in the source code file located at:- ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-3.2.tar.gz The very informative FAQ is available separately at:- http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/FAQ -- CS
