The Shell Scripting Tutorial
Usenix 1983: Sex and Drugs and Unix
Sex and Drugs and Unix
12 Sep 2018
A badge from the Usenix 1983 conference: Sex and Drugs and Unix™
Usenix (www.usenix.org) is the original Unix™ users group. It was started back in 1975, not long after the birth of Unix™, and is still going.
The annual Usenix conference was the main meeting ground for many Unix users, particularly in the USA.
My Paperbacks and eBooks
My Shell Scripting books, available in Paperback and eBook formats. This tutorial is more of a general introduction to Shell Scripting, the longer Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash and more book covers every aspect of Bash in detail.
 Shell Scripting Tutorial is this tutorial, in 88-page Paperback and eBook formats. Convenient to read on the go, and in paperback format good to keep by your desk as an ever-present companion. Also available in PDF form from Gumroad:Get this tutorial as a PDF |  Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash and more is my 564-page book on Shell Scripting. The first half covers all of the features of the shell in every detail; the second half has real-world shell scripts, organised by topic, along with detailed discussion of each script. |
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