shell script

[Sajjad Sahir]

any best pdf file for shell scirpt for hp-ux applications

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

There a certainly a great many resources. You might start with this simple overview by HP:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90046/B2355-90046.pdf

An excellent site for tips and techniques is:

http://www.shelldorado.com/

If you are running and developing on HP-UX, I suggest that you use the POSIX shell ('/usr/bin/sh' or '/sbin/sh' for root).

Avoid at the brain-damaged 'csh' :

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/

If you are a Linux user, the Bash shell is a universal choice. It is also available as an add-on to HP. However, do NOT change 'root's shell from anything other than '/sbin/sh' or you will find yourself with an un-startable system!

For Bash:

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

The HP-UX POSIX shell is really a superset of the Korn88 shell ('/usr/bin/ksh'). I see no need to use Korn88 on HP-UX.

There is also a Korn93 shell hidden away in '/usr/dt/bin/dtksh'. Korn93 adds some nice features like associative arrays ('awk'-like), etc.

http://kornshell.com/

Regards!

...JRF...

[Arturo Galbiati]

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/scripts/
http://www.regular-expressions.info/charclass.html
http://www.labri.fr/perso/strandh/Teaching/USI/Common/Gawk/gawk_toc.html#TOC148
http://www.esscc.uq.edu.au/~ksteube/Bshell/
http://apjpresales.know.hp.com/Porting%20%20Migration%20Support/Document%20Library/Migration%20Guide/Unix%20command%20translation%20table.htm

HTH,
ARt