learning bash, where to get started?

Cultist · 09-26-2011, 11:15 AM

I'm wanting to start learning bash scripting, and I'm looking for a good place to start. Wondered if anyone has any good experience with a particular or website? I have some experience with python, but that's the extent of my programming/scripting knowledge.

And everything I find online seems to call itself a Unix scripting book/guide/whatever. Is Unix bash identical to Linux bash?

TobiSGD · 09-26-2011, 11:40 AM

For beginners: http://linuxcommand.org/index.php
More advanced: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

Bash is the same as Bash, regardless of the underlying OS. Just keep in mind that programs that you run from bash (for example the find command) may have differences between the platforms.

onebuck · 09-26-2011, 12:19 PM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Cultist

I'm wanting to start learning bash scripting, and I'm looking for a good place to start. Wondered if anyone has any good experience with a particular or website? I have some experience with python, but that's the extent of my programming/scripting knowledge.

And everything I find online seems to call itself a Unix scripting book/guide/whatever. Is Unix bash identical to Linux bash?

I like to recommend links 2,3,4,5,6 below. Rute(2) is a good tutorial to start out with familiarization of cli commands and other Gnu/Linux functionality. These links are to aid you to gaining some understanding;

  1 Linux Documentation Project 
2 Rute Tutorial & Exposition 
3 Linux Command Guide  
4 Bash Beginners Guide 
5 Bash Reference Manual 
6 Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide 
7 Linux Newbie Admin Guide 
8 LinuxSelfHelp 
9 Utimate Linux Newbie Guide
10 Linux Home Networking

The above links and others can be found at 'Slackware-Links'. More than just Slackware® links!

theKbStockpiler · 09-26-2011, 02:08 PM

'Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours' The majority of it is comprehensive and the rest is worth paraphrasing yourself. It's not going to be the only bash reference you need but is defiantly worth reading. It might be available to view on html files from the publishers site or you can buy the book.

Reuti · 09-26-2011, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by theKbStockpiler

'Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours'

I want to second this. I recommend this book repeatedly to students. It’s also worth to type in the short examples.

Afterwards also the man page of bash, awk and sed can be checked as it’s easier to understand them, when you have already some foundation.