Re: [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book

2003-03-11 Thread John Hasler
Aryan writes: > I want to learn shell programming. Thus I went to my university's library > and found a book named "UNIX Shell Programming". The problem is, the book > is written on 1988, and covers shell programming on Korn, Bourne and the > C Shell on both AT&T System V and Berkely systems ( I gu

Re: [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book

2003-03-11 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Aryan" == Aryan Ameri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Aryan> I want to learn shell programming. Thus I went to my Aryan> university's library and found a book named "UNIX Shell Aryan> Programming". The problem is, the book is written on 1988, Aryan> and covers shell programming on

Re: [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book

2003-03-11 Thread matt zagrabelny
> Hi There: > > This message is not debain related, however as this ML is my best source of > information, I hope you'll excuse me. > > I want to learn shell programming. Thus I went to my university's library and > found a book named "UNIX Shell Programming". The problem is, the book is > wri

Re: [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book

2003-03-11 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 05:41:46PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > 1 ) Can this book be beneficial for me? or is it so obsolete that it is not > useful anymore? Certainly if you use it and the contents does not bore you :-) > The book shows examples for all of these tree shells. Therefore I wonder

RE: [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book

2003-03-11 Thread Milanuk, Monte
I've got the same book, though unfortunately I got derailed from finishing it. So take that in consideration. I think if you dig around on Amazon or Barnes & Noble, you'll be able to read a variety of reviews and opinions on this and other books. I do that a lot to help me assess whether or not

Re: [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book

2003-03-11 Thread sean finney
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 05:41:46PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > Hi There: > 1 ) Can this book be beneficial for me? or is it so obsolete that it is not > usefull anymore? i would say this makes it even *more* useful. personally, i do all my scripting in /bin/sh (that's the Bourne shell), because

Re: [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book

2003-03-11 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hi, On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 05:41:46PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > I want to learn shell programming. Thus I went to my university's library and > found a book named "UNIX Shell Programming". The problem is, the book is > written on 1988, and covers shell programming on Korn, Bourne and the C Sh

Re: [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book

2003-03-11 Thread Emil Pedersen
> Obviously, I am using Debian GNU/Linux not System V or BSD, and I use BASH. > But this is the only book in our library about shell programming. so I > wonder: Not exactly what you asked for, but I've found "Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide" (or actually it's precursor) very usefull. You can find i

Re: [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book

2003-03-11 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 10:41, Aryan Ameri wrote: > Hi There: > > This message is not debain related, however as this ML is my best source of > information, I hope you'll excuse me. > > I want to learn shell programming. Thus I went to my university's library and > found a book named "UNIX Shell