From Bash to Z Shell: Conquering the Command Line

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Author: Oliver Kiddle

ISBN-10: 1590593766

ISBN-13: 9781590593769

Category: UNIX

This comprehensive, hands-on guide focuses on two of the most popular and feature-rich shells, bash and zsh. From Bash to Z Shell: Conquering the Command Line is a book for all skill levels. Novices will receive an introduction to the features of shells and power users will get to explore the benefits of zsh—one of the most powerful, versatile shells ever written. Intermediate users will uncover hints, recipes, and ideas to enhance their skill sets.\ The book covers shell programming, but is...

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This comprehensive, hands-on guide focuses on two of the most popular and feature-rich shells, bash and zsh. From Bash to Z Shell: Conquering the Command Line is a book for all skill levels. Novices will receive an introduction to the features of shells and power users will get to explore the benefits of zsh-one of the most powerful, versatile shells ever written. Intermediate users will uncover hints, recipes, and ideas to enhance their skill sets. The book covers shell programming, but is unique in its thorough coverage of using shells interactively-a powerful and time-saving alternative to windows and a mouse. This strong author team has written an immediately useful book, packed with examples and suggestions that users of Unix, Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows can readily apply. Slashdot.org All in all, From Bash to Z Shell provides a frequent shell user with a plethora of new insights into customizing the bash and zsh shell programs to fit his/her tastes. The authors have filled a void in tackling the subject of customizing the shell rather than just simply using it.

Ch. 1Introduction to shells3Ch. 2Using shell features together27Ch. 3More shell features53Ch. 4Entering and editing the command line71Ch. 5Starting the shell107Ch. 6More about shell history123Ch. 7Prompts141Ch. 8Files and directories167Ch. 9Pattern matching197Ch. 10Completion231Ch. 11Jobs and processes261Ch. 12Variables279Ch. 13Scripting and functions307Ch. 14Writing editor commands347Ch. 15Writing completion functions371App. AUnix programs409

\ Slashdot.orgAll in all, From Bash to Z Shell provides a frequent shell user with a plethora of new insights into customizing the bash and zsh shell programs to fit his/her tastes. The authors have filled a void in tackling the subject of customizing the shell rather than just simply using it.\ \