Learning Unix shell scripting

jd1983 · 2011-10-30 18:33:43

Hi, I'm looking to learn unix shell scripting and I was just wondering if anyone would have any good tutorials. I've installed cygwin and I've been following a linux tutorial but some of the syntax used in the tutorial is not accepted by cygwin. I've programmed before in C, so I would understand common programming concepts…

30-10-2011 06:33PM

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jd1983

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Hi, I'm looking to learn unix shell scripting and I was just wondering if anyone would have any good tutorials. I've installed cygwin and I've been following a linux tutorial but some of the syntax used in the tutorial is not accepted by cygwin.
I've programmed before in C, so I would understand common programming concepts but I've only been using unix for the past month and I'm very basic at it.
Thanks in advance

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#2 31-10-2011 01:48AM

FruitLover

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You're probably better off learning on a real linux or unix system than cygwin (either dual-boot or virtualised). At least this way you'll be able to write scripts that you can actually use for system management rather than just learning academically.

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#3 31-10-2011 09:00AM

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Good book is Unix in a Nutshell and I like this site: -
http://www.livefirelabs.com/unix_tip_trick_shell_script/unix_tip_archive.htm

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