Pro Bash programming
by Chris F.A. Johnson · first published 2009
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…the name / unix.com handle. Though it was over my head when I first bought it, I later learned enough to love it. I hope he's on HN and knows that someone loved his posts / book. https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Bash-Programming-Scripting-Expert...
on “A Faster Alternative to Jq” ↗I found this useful for getting deeper with using bash: "Pro Bash Programming : Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell, Second Edition." It is kind of a brain dump type of book but it called out a bunch of little things I had missed in looking at other information sources.
on “Ask HN: How can I get better at bash?” ↗I’ll throw out a recommendation for Pro Bash Programming as a great book for advanced scripting techniques. I just received my copy of the third edition (which is now simply Pro Bash). The original author and his co-author also wrote Shell Scripting Recipes.…
on “Advanced Shell Scripting Techniques: Automating Complex Tasks with Bash” ↗