Portable Shell Programming: An Extensive Collection of Bourne Shell Examples

Portable Shell Programming: An Extensive Collection of Bourne Shell Examples by Bruce Blinn is a comprehensive guide published by Pearson College Div in 1995. This edition, which includes both a book and a disk, spans 281 pages and is presented in English. The book focuses on utilizing the shell as a programming language rather than merely a command interpreter, offering insights into shell syntax and its portability across different UNIX systems.

Readers will find detailed explanations on developing shell scripts, handling signals, executing commands with the remote shell command, and employing the shell’s redirection syntaxes. This resource is tailored for software development engineers, system administrators, and QA test engineers who engage with UNIX computer systems, providing practical examples and extensive coverage of relevant programming topics.