Index
A aliases
Section 3.5.1
ANSI-C quoting
Section 3.3.5
arguments
Section 7.2.1.2
arithmetic expansion
Section 3.4.7
arithmetic operators
Section 3.4.7
array
Section 10.2.1
awk
Section 6.1
awkprogram
Section 6.1.2
B bash
Section 1.2
.bash_login
Section 3.1.2.2
.bash_logout
Section 3.1.2.5
.bash_profile
Section 3.1.2.1
.bashrc
Section 3.1.2.4
batch editor
Section 5.1.1
break
Section 9.5.1
boolean operators
Section 7.2.4
Bourne shell
Section 1.1.2
brace expansion
Section 3.4.3
built-in commands
Section 1.3.2
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C case statements
Section 7.2.5
character classes
Section 4.2.2.2, Section 4.3.2
child process
Section 1.3.1
combined expressions
Section 7.1.1.1
command substitution
Section 3.4.6
comments
Section 2.2.2
conditionals
Section 7.1
configuration files
Section 3.1
constants
Section 10.1.3
continue
Section 9.5.2
control signals
Section 12.1.1.3
creating variables
Section 3.2.2
csh
The C shell, Section 1.1.2
D debugging scripts
Section 2.3
declare
Section 10.1.2, Section 10.2.1
double quotes
Section 3.3.4
E echo editors
Section 1.5.5, Section 2.1.2, Section 2.3.2, Section 8.1.2
Section 2.1.1
else
Section 7.2.1
emacs
Section 2.1.1
env
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Section 3.2.1.1
esac
Section 7.2.5
escape characters
Section 3.3.2
escape sequences
Section 8.1.2
/etc/bashrc
Section 3.1.1.2
/etc/passwd
Section 1.1.2
/etc/profile
Section 3.1.1
/etc/shells
Section 1.1.2
exec
Section 1.3.1, Section 8.2.4.2
execute permissions
Section 2.1.3
execution
Section 2.1.3
exit
Section 7.2.5
exit status
Section 7.1.2.1
expansion
Section 1.4.1.5, Section 3.4
export
Section 3.2.3
extended regular expressions
Section 4.1.3
F file descriptors
Section 8.2.3, Section 8.2.4.1
file name expansion
Section 3.4.9
find and replace
Section 5.2.4
for
Section 9.1
fork
Section 1.3.1
functions
Section 11.1.1
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G gawk
Section 6.1.1
gawk commands
Section 6.1.2
gawk fields
Section 6.2.1
gawk formatting
Section 6.2.2
gawk scripts
Section 6.2.5
gawk variables
Section 6.3
gedit
Section 2.1.1
global variables
Section 3.2.1.1
globbing
Section 2.3.2
grep
Section 4.2.1
H here document
Section 8.2.4.4
I if
Section 7.1.1
init
Section 1.3.1, Section 1.5.6
initialization files
Section 3.1
input field separator
Section 3.2.4.1, Section 3.2.5, Section 6.3
interactive editing
Section 5.2
interactive scripts
Section 8.1
interactive shell
Section 1.2.2.2.1, Section 1.2.2.2.2, Section 1.2.2.3.3
invocation
Section 1.2.2.1
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J
K kill
Section 12.1.2
killall
Section 12.1.2
ksh
Korn shell, Section 1.1.2
L length of a variable
Section 10.3.2
line anchors
Section 4.2.2.1
locale
Section 3.3.6
locate
Section 2.1.1
logic flow
Section 1.5.4
login shell
Section 1.2.2.2.1
M menu
Section 9.6
metacharacters
Section 4.1.2
N nested if statements
Section 7.2.3
noglob
Section 2.3.2
non-interactive editing
Section 5.3
non-interactive shell
Section 1.2.2.2.3
non-login shell
Section 1.2.2.2.2
numeric comparisons
Section 7.1.2.2
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O options
Section 3.6.1
output field separator
Section 6.3.2.1
output record separator
Section 6.3.2.2
P parameter expansion
Section 3.4.5
PATH
Section 2.1.2
pattern matching
Section 4.3
positionalparams
Section 3.2.5, Section 11.1.3
POSIX
Section 1.2.1
POSIX mode
Section 1.2.2.2.5
primary expressions
Section 7.1.1.1
printenv
Section 3.2.1.1
printf
Section 1.5.5, Section 6.3.6
process substitution
Section 3.4.8
.profile
Section 3.1.2.3
prompt
Section 3.1.3
Q quoting characters
Section 3.3
R redirection
Section 1.4.1.7, Section 3.6.2, Section 8.2.3, Section 9.4
rbash
Section 1.2.2.10
read
Section 8.2.1
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readonly
Section 10.1.3
regular expression operators
Section 4.1.2, Section 5.2, Section 6.2.4
regular expressions
Section 4.1
remote invocation
Section 1.2.2.2.6
removing aliases
Section 3.5.2
reserved variables
Section 3.2.4
return
Section 11.1.3
S sed
Section 5.1
sed editing commands
Section 5.1.2
sed options
Section 5.1.2
sed script
Section 5.3.2
select
Section 9.6
set
Section 3.2.1.2, Section 3.6.1, Section 11.1.4
shift
Section 9.7
signals
Section 12.1.1
single quotes
Section 3.3.3
source
Section 2.1.3
special parameters
Section 3.2.5
special variables
Section 3.2.5
standard error
Section 8.2.3.1
standard input
Section 8.2.3.1
standard output
Section 8.2.3.1
string comparisons
Section 7.1.2.3
stty
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Section 12.1.1
submenu
Section 9.6.2
subshell
Section 2.2.1
substitution
Section 10.3.3.1, Section 10.3.3.3
substring
Section 10.3.3.2
syntax
Section 1.4.1.1
T tcsh
Section 1.1.2
terminology
Section 1.5.3
then
Section 7.1.1.2
tilde expansion
Section 3.4.4
transformation of variables
Section 10.3.3
traps
Section 12.2.1
true
Section 9.2.2.2
U unalias
Section 3.5.1, Section 3.5.2
unset
Section 3.2.2, Section 10.2.3, Section 11.1.4
until
Section 9.3
user input
Section 8.2.1, Section 8.2.2
user messages
Section 8.1.1
V variables
Section 3.2, Section 10.1
variable expansion
Section 3.4.5
verbose
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vi(m)
Section 2.3.2
Section 2.1.1
W wait
Section 12.2.2
whereis
Section 2.1.1
which
Section 2.1.1
while
Section 9.2
wildcards
Section 4.2.2.3
word anchors
Section 4.2.2.1
word splitting
Section 3.4.9
X xtrace
Section 2.3.1, Section 2.3.2
Y
Z
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