UNIX Shell Scripting Tools

Course details

To explain how to use variables, operators, and text editing tools in UNIX shell scripts

• Working with UNIX variables
• use variables in UNIX programming.
• UNIX shell script variables
• describe and use script variables and parameters.
• Variable expansion and arrays in UNIX shell scripts
• explain variable expansion and use array variables.
• UNIX arithmetic operators and precedence
• use arithmetic operators in shell scripts.
• Using calculations in a UNIX script
• use variables and arithmetic in a shell script.
• UNIX text tools
• provide an overview of the role of tools such as sed, awk, and perl in shell programming.
• UNIX editing with sed
• explain how to use the sed line editor.
• Creating a configuration script
• use sed in a UNIX shell script to edit a file.
• Programming with awk for UNIX
• explain how to use awk.