MLUG Bash Scripting Presentation
25 April 2008

Note: This tutorial remains as it was written in April 2008. While the content is still useful some of the scripts, most notably get-forecast and save-dvb, are older versions of scripts I am currently using. If you want current versions, you will find them linked here.

   Index:

  1. README
  2. Introduction.
  3.  Outcomes.
  4. Bash.
  5. More on the Bash Shell.
  6. What is a Bash Script?
  7. On editors.
  8. Problem: a big command.
  9. A very basic encoding script
  10. Using echo and variables.
  11. Testing with if.
  12. The final contovob script.
  13. Autoshutdown of server.
  14. Testing with ping.
  15. Testing for files.
  16. Writing log entries.
  17. The final autoshtdn script.
  18. Flow control.
  19. Scriptshow.
  20. Fun with scripting
  21. Functions.
  22. GUI interface for scripts.
  23. Piping the weather with get-forecast.
  24. How get-forecast works.
  25. Your turn, modify get-forecast
  26. Closing Comments.
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