Re: A new mini-HOWTO on who to use Bash !

[Jesus Climent <jcliment@cc.hut.fi>]

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Greg O'Keefe wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 07:17:32AM -0800, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > > Subject: A new mini-HOWTO on who to use Bash !
> > > 
> > > I would like to start writing a mini-HOWTO (or maybe a HOWTO, 
> > > I don't know
> > > Is there any other project like this one around ? Can I go on 
> > > with it ?
> > 
> > The first thing that I'd do would be to look at all of the documentation
> > that comes with binaries and source code packages for BASH.  Then take a
> 
> The GNU Bash manual that comes with the source tarball is detailed, exact
> and fearsome. Not bedtime reading for newbies. I suspect that a lot of
> Linux users would be surprised by what Bash can do. I have considered
> writing a Bash tutorial myself (in conjunction with my own learning of 
> Bash!) and did a couple of searches to see if such a thing existed
> already. I didn't find anything very helpful. I'd say go for it!
> I'll certainly give it a read when it's done.

I agree with that point. BASH man is not something you would like to read
when scripting a "for [] do;done" code.

I'll be glad to take a look and review it when finished.

daTa


Jesus Climent | Civil Engr. Student
Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Espoo
Finland

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