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Linux ®

Command Line
and Shell Scripting
Bible
Third Edtion
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Linux ®

Command Line
and Shell Scripting
BIBLE
Third Edition

Richard Blum
Christine Bresnahan
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Linux® Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible, Third Edition

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About the Authors

Richard Blum has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years as both a systems
and network administrator and has published numerous Linux and open-source books. He
has administered UNIX, Linux, Novell, and Microsoft servers, as well as helped design and
maintain a 3,500-user network utilizing Cisco switches and routers. He has used Linux
servers and shell scripts to perform automated network monitoring and has written shell
scripts in most of the common Linux shell environments. Rich is an online instructor for
an Introduction to Linux course that is used by colleges and universities across the United
States. When he isn’t being a computer nerd, Rich plays electric bass in a couple of dif-
ferent church worship bands, and enjoys spending time with his wife, Barbara, and two
daughters, Katie Jane and Jessica.

Christine Bresnahan starting working with computers more than 25 years ago in the IT
industry as a system administrator. Christine is currently an Adjunct Professor at Ivy Tech
Community College in Indianapolis, Indiana. She teaches classes on Linux system adminis-
tration, Linux security, and Windows security.

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About the Technical Editor

Kevin E. Ryan holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology from Purdue
University and has served as system administrator for a number of computing platforms
including HP-UX, Solaris, and Red Hat Linux. He’s also been involved with system plan-
ning, database management and application programming. When not pursuing his techni-
cal endeavors, Kevin enjoys reading, baseball, and camping with his wife and their fearless
Papillon.

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Acknowledgments
F
irst, all glory and praise go to God, Who through His Son, Jesus Christ, makes all
things possible, and gives us the gift of eternal life.

Many thanks go to the fantastic team of people at John Wiley & Sons for their out-
standing work on this project. Thanks to Mary James, the former acquisitions editor, for
offering us the opportunity to work on this book. Also thanks to Marty Minner, the project
editor, for keeping things on track and making this book more presentable. Thanks, Marty,
for all your hard work and diligence. The technical editor, Kevin E. Ryan, did a wonderful
job of double-checking all the work in the book, plus making suggestions to improve the
content. Thanks to Gwenette Gaddis, the copy editor, for her endless patience and diligence
to make our work readable. We would also like to thank Carole McClendon at Waterside
Productions, Inc., for arranging this opportunity for us, and for helping us out in our
writing careers. In addition, we would like to give a special thank you to H.L. Craft, who
produced several diagrams for our chapters.

Christine would like to thank her husband, Timothy, for his encouragement, patience, and
willingness to listen, even when he has no idea what she is talking about.

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Contents at a Glance
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi

Part I The Linux Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 1 Starting with Linux Shells .............................................................................. 3
Chapter 2 Getting to the Shell ...................................................................................... 23
Chapter 3 Basic bash Shell Commands ............................................................................47
Chapter 4 More bash Shell Commands ............................................................................ 85
Chapter 5 Understanding the Shell...............................................................................113
Chapter 6 Using Linux Environment Variables ...............................................................135
Chapter 7 Understanding Linux File Permissions ........................................................... 161
Chapter 8 Managing Filesystems ..................................................................................187
Chapter 9 Installing Software ......................................................................................211
Chapter 10 Working with Editors ..................................................................................233

Part II Shell Scripting Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Chapter 11 Basic Script Building ..................................................................................269
Chapter 12 Using Structured Commands .......................................................................297
Chapter 13 More Structured Commands ........................................................................331
Chapter 14 Handling User Input ...................................................................................365
Chapter 15 Presenting Data .........................................................................................395
Chapter 16 Script Control ............................................................................................ 419

Part III Advanced Shell Scripting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Chapter 17 Creating Functions .....................................................................................449
Chapter 18 Writing Scripts for Graphical Desktops .........................................................477
Chapter 19 Introducing sed and gawk ...........................................................................505
Chapter 20 Regular Expressions ...................................................................................535
Chapter 21 Advanced sed ............................................................................................561
Chapter 22 Advanced gawk ..........................................................................................591
Chapter 23 Working with Alternative Shells ..................................................................623

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Contents at a Glance

Part IV Creating Practical Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Chapter 24 Writing Simple Script Utilities ....................................................................645
Chapter 25 Producing Scripts for Database, Web, and E-Mail ...........................................681
Chapter 26 Creating Fun Little Shell Scripts ..................................................................709

Appendix A: Quick Guide to bash Commands ................................................................739

Appendix B: Quick Guide to sed and gawk .................................................................... 751
Index ........................................................................................................................763

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