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INTRODUCTION xxix

PART I: ABOUT THE INGREDIENTS.

CHAPTER 1: THE HISTORY OF UNIX, GNU, AND LINUX 3

CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED 15

CHAPTER 3: VARIABLES 33

CHAPTER 4: WILDCARD EXPANSION 67

CHAPTER 5: CONDITIONAL EXECUTION 83

CHAPTER 6: FLOW CONTROL USING LOOPS 111

CHAPTER 7: VARIABLES CONTINUED 139

CHAPTER 8: FUNCTIONS AND LIBRARIES 161

CHAPTER 9: ARRAYS 199

CHAPTER 10: PROCESSES 219

CHAPTER 11: CHOOSING AND USING SHELLS 255

PART II: RECIPES FOR USING AND EXTENDING SYSTEM TOOLS.

CHAPTER 12: FILE MANIPULATION 279

CHAPTER 13: TEXT MANIPULATION 315

CHAPTER 14: TOOLS FOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION 353

PART III: RECIPES FOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION.

CHAPTER 15: SHELL FEATURES 409

CHAPTER 16: SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION 427

CHAPTER 17: PRESENTATION 459

CHAPTER 18: DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL 471

CHAPTER 19: NUMBERS 483

CHAPTER 20: PROCESSES 501

CHAPTER 21: INTERNATIONALIZATION 517

PART IV: REFERENCE.

APPENDIX: FURTHER READING 529

GLOSSARY 533

INDEX 539