Re: Shell Programming

[TheGesus <thegesus () gmail com>]

On 4/13/07, Ayaz Ahmed Khan <ayaz () pakcon org> wrote:
> Richard Brinson <richard () kanoo-uk com> wrote:
> > I am due to take the Certified Ethical Hacker bootcamp in about 1 month, but
> > before I do so I wanted to brush up on some of my weaker skills. I don't
> > have a programming background (but do have some basic programming knowledge)
> > and I want to learn shell scripting/programming in the quickest possible
> > time. Can anyone recommend some decent books or tutorials to help me achieve
> > this?
>
> If you run Google against ``bash scripting tutorial'', you will find
> links to many quick tutorials on BASH scripting.
>
> --
> Ayaz Ahmed Khan
>
> "I'm returning this note to you, instead of your paper, because it
> (your paper) presently occupies the bottom of my bird cage."
>                 -- English Professor, Providence College

And with bash, don't EVER forget the man page.

I fought a problem for days that is only documented (as far as I can
tell) in the very last line of the man page...

"Array variables may not (yet) be exported."

DOH!