On Thursday 12 August 2004 02:18 pm, netmask wrote: > > third: good shell programming books? frankly, i haven't found > > any. and i'm still looking for one to use as a student text in a > > shell programming class. so far, i use my own manual and include > > the POSIX standards as a printed supplement. but i'd still like > > to find a decent book, ideally POSIX-oriented. > > I got the most value out of the first edition of Stephen Kochans > and Patrick Wood's "unix Shell programming". > Google for "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide". Great free document still under active development. Regards, John Wendel