What's the best book on #bash or bash scripting (or comprehensive tutorial)?
#asknostr
What's the best book on #bash or bash scripting (or comprehensive tutorial)?
#asknostr
guess this might be good: [gnu fsf page](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/)
Used to recommend this once in a while:
I had one of these many years ago.
Bash Pocket Reference: Help for Power Users and Sys Admins
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/bash-pocket-reference/9781449388669/
May be more helpful if you like super concise cheat sheets you can print and laminate yourself
TY
I primarily just use the GNU Bash Manual https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/
If you're interested in printed books I generally have liked the O'Reilly books, but don't think I'm familiar with their bash books.
A site I thought was interesting I came across could be of use: https://explainshell.com/
And maybe something like bash one-liners can be good for ideas: https://www.bashoneliners.com
I would recommend learning regular expression syntax to while you're at it, if not familar. Many uses. A few resources for that:
https://www.regular-expressions.info/
https://cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/regular-expressions/
Additionally become familar with common *nix commands: cut, tr, awk, sed, grep, cat, etc
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
TY!