Re: [foxboro] Scripting information (was: Dedit and Where Used report on I/A 7.1 and 8.2)
- From: Duc M Do <duc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:43:21 -0400
At 07:22 PM 7/30/07 -0400, Johnson, Alex P \(IPS\) wrote:
>
>For those interested in learning about scripting there are many, many
>resources and nearly as many shells to use.
>
>In general, I find the O'reilly books to be very useful. www.orielly.com
>These three provide the basics:
>
>Classic Shell Scripting By Arnold Robbins, Nelson H.F. Beebe
>This is a good place to start.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/shellsrptg
>
>
>Unix in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition By Arnold Robbins
>This will help you understand the tools available. Shells and scripts
>are good, but you need tools, too.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/unixnut4
>
>
>sed & awk, Second Edition By Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins
>sed & awk describes two text manipulation programs that are mainstays of
>the UNIX programmer's toolbox.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sed2
>
>Once you learn these, you can look into the many other interpreters "out
>there."
I heartily agree with Alex on the sed & awk book. It stays open on my
desk most of the time (in defiance of the clean desk edict, yeah, I'm
bad!) for quick reference.
Another book that I consider "bible" is Jeffrey Friedl's "Mastering
Regular Expressions," O'Reilly Media, Inc., Third Edition.
http://regex.info/ or http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex3
Once you figure out regex, text manipulation becomes like a game, and
you'd be looking for chances to apply the quirkiest regex, just because
you can.
Duc
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