Michael R.K. Mastering Unix Shell Scripting

Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2003, - 707 p.
This book is intended as a learning tool and study guide to learn how to write shell scripts to solve a multitude of problems by starting with a clear goal. This book is for learning how to be creative, proactive, and a professional problem solver. Given a task, the solution will be intuitively obvious to you on completion of this book. This book will help you attack problems logically and present you with a technique of building on what you know. With each challenge presented you will see how to take the basic syntax and turn it into the basis for a shell scripting solution.