Understanding Unix spells and curses

Courtesy LinuxDevices.com  Thu, 10/09/2008 - 19:00

IBM's DeveloperWorks has published a tutorial on Unix pipelines, redirections, operators, and other "strange characters" inhabiting Unix's command line netherworld.

"Speaking UNIX: !$#@*%" aims to teach intermediate Unix and Linux users a better understanding of the symbols used by system administrators in both interactive and non-interactive shell programming.


 

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