1. Introduction

    System Information

  2. Inter-Process Communication
  3. Signals

    Programming in Various Environments

  4. Script Programming
    1. Script Variables
    2. Test Conditions
    3. Control and Iteration
    4. Commonly used Programs
    5. Shell Capabilities
    6. Example looping script
    7. Example using Variables
    8. Example working with files
    9. Example install script
  5. C and C++ Programming
    1. POSIX System Capabilities
    2. More POSIX
    3. Threads
    4. Mutexes
    5. An example viewmod program
    6. An example serial program
  6. X Programming
  7. Debugging
  8. Credits
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Shell Capabilities

Redirection

  • < Open as stdin
  • > Open as stdout
  • >> Append to the file
  • | Pipe stdout into stdin

Parameter Expansion

Builtin functions

Some Bash builtin functions used in script programs:

  • alias
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