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newby · Post by **newby** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:44 am

Hi,

Been trying to find a UNIX forum, ideally one good for shell scripting. I tried registering at UNIX.com as it seemed quite a good one. However, you can only search and post if you're a member; when I tried to sign up the email it sent me to validate my account was duff!

I knwo this isn't a DS query but any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks,

J.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:54 am

No, don't know of any. I find a good reference book and the occassional Google get me by... that and the help of any local uber-scripters.

And as long as you don't get all crazy on us, we'll help here too.

DSguru2B · Post by **DSguru2B** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:01 am

chulett wrote: And as long as you don't get all crazy on us, we'll help here too.

A good laugh in the morning

I concur with Craig's advice. Its better to go through a good book for shell scripts. Get it right from the core. Start building small snippets of code. For specifics, google will help, etc etc.

newby · Post by **newby** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:43 am

DSguru2B wrote:
chulett wrote: And as long as you don't get all crazy on us, we'll help here too.
A good laugh in the morning
I concur with Craig's advice. Its better to go through a good book for shell scripts. Get it right from the core. Start building small snippets of code. For specifics, google will help, etc etc.

Just ordered the O'Reily Shell Scripting book (50% off on Amazon.co.uk!) so hopefully that will help. No doubt be pestering people on here though! Thanks for the offer of help - much appreciated.

Sreedhar · Post by **Sreedhar** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:33 am

Just to give you some Idea,

Here are some good links which I have got during my search.... hope will help you as well

http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~sasha/Lin ... e216.shtml

http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html

http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/unix/unix_cmd.html

etc.....

kduke · Post by **kduke** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:22 pm

I give away a shell help file and a vi one. Just some notes I have put together over the years. Follow my link to my tips page.

DSguru2B · Post by **DSguru2B** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:25 am

Also, Ken has a "Unix Survivor Guide" on his home page. Go to www.kennethbland.com

newby · Post by **newby** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:28 am

Just checked back - thanks again for all the links. I'm sure I'll find everything I need there. That said, thanks to re-prioritisation I no longer need to write the original script! Arghhh!

rameshrr3 · Post by **rameshrr3** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:01 am

The "Unix Programming Environment" by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike is my all time favorite, it pays attention to the small things we generally tend to overlook.

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