OT: Good Linux script book ?

[Andre Costa]

Kim Lux wrote:
> Sorry for the off topic post.   Does anyone know of a really good book
> that covers writing scripts ?
> 
> Preferably this book will have lots of examples and covers some of the
> more esoteric and hidden stuff.
> 
> Is this one any good ?
> http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Shell-Script-Programming-Meadors/dp/0619159200
> 
> And no, I don't want to Perl for this stuff. 
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Hi Kim,

well, it's not exactly a book, but the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 
[http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/] is an _amazing_ resource for Bash 
shell programming IMHO. It does have lots of examples and covers from 
basic to (really) esoteric stuff. You might give it a try since it's 
free and online ;-)

HTH

Andre