Introduction to Unix Shell Scripting and Perl for Unix

This course is for people who have experience using Unix and have completed the course Managing and Using Unix.

This course can be taught on your site using any version of UNIX. When the course is taught in Bua's training centre we will use Sun Solaris or Open BSD.

2 days

Printable Version

Course Outline

 Basic Shell Scripting
Commenting and Documenting Scripts
Getting Down to It
Invoking the Shell
Variables
Reading Input from the Keyboard
Special Variables
Exit Status
Flow Control
Conditional Flow Control
Iterative Flow Control
Choosing a Shell for Scripting
Input and Output Redirection
Command Substitution: Back Ticks and Brace Expansion
Using Environment and Shell Variables
Shell Functions
Returning Values
Nested Functions and Recursion
Scope
Function Libraries
getopts
Signals and Traps
File Handling
Arrays
Shell Security
Restricted Shells
System Administration
Gathering Information
Performing Tasks
Debugging Scripts
Summary
Introduction to Perl Programming for Unix Automation
Perl’s Advantages
Useful Perl Commands
Variables
Operators
Basic Functions
More Perl Code Examples
Troubleshooting Perl Scripts



 

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