Beginning Shell Scripting

* Covering all major platforms-Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, andWindows-this guide shows programmers and power users how tocustomize an operating system, automate commands, and simplifyadministration tasks using shell scripts * Offers complete shell-scripting instructions, robust codeexamples, and full scripts for OS customization * Covers shells as a user interface, basic scripting techniques, script editing and debugging, graphing data, and simplifyingadministrative tasks * In addition to Unix and Linux scripting, the book covers thelatest Windows scripting techniques and offers a complete tutorialon Mac OS X scripting, including detailed coverage of mobile filesystems, legacy applications, Mac text editors, video captures, andthe Mac OS X Open Scripting Architecture