Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 374 pages
- Published by: Prentice Hall April 1986
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 013937468X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0139374685
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 7 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.4 pounds
The publisher, Prentice-Hall ECS Professional
In-depth study of the C shell as a command interpreter and the gateway to other programs and utilities running under UNIX.
Back Cover Copy
Featuring a foreword by the C Shell's developer, Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems, this guide provides an in-depth reference to this powerful interface.Includes guidelines for using the C Shell based on the authors professional field experience; covers the C Shell as it runs under UNIX 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, System V, System III, Xenix, and Version 7.Novices and experts alike will discover how to use the C Shell more effectively by taking advantage of this guide's practical features.
Reader Reviews
I used this book to learn more than just the fundamentals of C shell programming. Some time it is more efficient to switch to or supplement with the C shell and save many borne shell steps to accomplish the same process. The C shell environment is robust. What the C shell is not is intuitive. Therefore, you need this book for any serious scripting. One example of the usefulness of the book is the use of the "here" document. Here documents can be found in other shells also but if you want to know how to use this function and take in literal information without substitution then you will need to read this book. This is also the basis of tcsh
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