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Learning the Korn Shell: Basic Shell Programming

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Overview The Korn shell has some of the most advanced programming capabilities of any command interpreter of its type. Although its syntax is nowhere near as elegant or consistent as that of most conventional programming languages, its power and flexibility are comparable. In fact, the Korn shell can be used as a complete environment for writing software prototypes. Some aspects of Korn shell programming are really extensions of the customization techniques one has already seen, while others resemble traditional programming language features.

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Publisher	O'Reilly Media	File Format	HTML
Date Published	April 2002
Format	Book chapters
Topics	Programming Languages

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