It may still be in print, it may not, but I learned from the book Unix Shell Programming by Stephen Kochan and Patrick Wood. I still refer to it regularly and think it is an excellent primer. My copy is must be very old, as it refers to “the new Korn shell”. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Apps DBA Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 11:00 AM To: ORACLE-L Subject: Need advice on shell scrpting Hello Gurus, I need advice on learning oracle shell scriipting. Does anyone know any training links and I am interested to take a course. Please help me in sharing the details or anyone would be willing to start one. Thanks, Shankar