UNIX Shell Programming

Discover the Bourne and Korn shells as programming languages that create interactive shell scripts and automate routine functions. Topics include: writing and debugging shell scripts, I/O redirection and pipes, file expansion, shell variables, quoting and regular expressions, shell functions and constructs, expressions, operators, job control, command-line argument processing, interrupt handling, and applications and tools. The course also provides a cursory introduction to the PERL programming language. It is designed for both power users and system administrators of UNIX systems.

Note: Prerequisite: "UNIX Operating Systems- Introduction"

Course Number: CSE-40079   Credit: 3 units

This course is part of the following Certificate Program(s):

• UNIX System Administration