starting point

[Chris Jones]

J. Erik Hemdal wrote:

>>Message: 16
>>Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:06:38 -0700 (PDT)
>>From: "Mr. Oberoi" <oberoi_1 at yahoo.com>
>>Subject: starting point
>>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>>Message-ID: <20040812010638.83127.qmail at web61205.mail.yahoo.com>
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>>Hi guys,
>>could you please list Some helpful resources to get me 
>>started on shell commands and programming!
>>Much appritiated! 
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>Deepak:  Here are some:
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>1.  If you have money and access to it, I recommend the book "UNIX Shells By
>Example" by Ellie Quigley (Prentice-Hall is the publisher).  The text and
>examples are solid; the index is worse than worthless (the third edition
>index refers to pages in the second or earlier edition).
>
>2. Assuming you have a default installation to begin, 'man bash' is your
>friend.  The man pages tell you nearly everything you need, although in a
>very terse way.
>
>3.  Google will doubtless provide a wealth of examples, tutorials, and the
>like.
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one example which I have as a favourite in my work computer is 
http://www.shelldorado.com/ - unfortunately my work computer is powered 
(partly) by windoze, the other part being Novell which nowadays uses linux.

>4.  Look inside:  You will find a wide variety of interesting scripts all
>over your installation if you look.
>
>Erik
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