X-301 BOURNE SHELL PROGRAMMING DURATION: 15 Hours

• Input and Output Redirection
  • Stdin
  • Stdout
  • Stderr
• Pipelines
• Special Characters
  • Keywords and Definitions
• Quoting
• Parameter Substitution
• Variables
  • System Variables
    • Return Codes
    • Flags
    • PID, etc.
    • HOME, PATH, PS1, PS2, etc.
  • General Form
  • Test and Set
  • Interactive Set
  • Positional Parameters
    • Field Separators
    • Command Line Arguments and Parsing
    • The Set Directive
    • Shifting
• Flow Control and Constructions
  • For
    • Using:
    • Positional Parameters
    • Parameter Substitution
    • Shell Variables
  • While
    • Break and Continue
  • Nested For and While Loops
  • If
  • Case
  • Test
  • Exiting and Error Codes
  • Subroutines
    • Stack Resident
      • Definition
      • Invocation
    • Separate File
• Signals
  • Traps
• Debugging
• Performance Considerations and Measurements