Unix for Advanced Users

3. The Shell

• 3.1. What is the shell?
  3.1.1 sh, bash, ksh
  3.1.2 csh, tcsh
  3.1.3 Environment Variables
  
• 3.2. What the shell can do for you:
  3.2.1. Interactive vs. scripting use
  3.2.2. Aliasing
  3.2.3. Job control
  3.2.4. I/O redirection
  3.2.5. History
  3.2.6. Filename completion
  
• 3.3. Dot files
• 3.4. Shell Scripting
  3.4.1. Special characters
  3.4.2. Shell Parameters
  3.4.3. Reading input from a user
  3.4.4. Testing the input
  3.4.5. Control structures
  3.4.6. Subroutines
  3.4.7. Doing Math
  3.4.8. Your Name Here
  3.4.9. Traps
  3.4.10. Excercises
  3.4.11. Answers