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Bash Shell Scripting

Description:

Our Bash Shell Scripting test measures your knowledge of Bash Shell Scripting for Version 2. Designed for experienced scripting professionals, this test includes the following topics: Builtin Commands, Parameters, Precedence and Evaluation, Program Control, Programming Constructs, Redirection, Shell Environment, and Using the Command Line.

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$49.95

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Test Outline


Builtin Commands
Bash Builtins
Inherited from Bourne Shell
Set
Special Builtins
Parameters
Arrays
Positional Parameters
Prompting
Shell Variables
Special Parameters and Metacharacters
Precedence and Evaluation
Arithmetic Evaluation
Command Expansion
Expansion
The Test Builtin
Program Control
Functions
Lists
Operators
Programmable Completion
Programming Constructs
Case
If Then Else
Until Loops
While Loops
Redirection
File Descriptors
Here Documents and Strings
Input/Output
Shell Environment
Command Execution Environment
Exit Status
Invocation and Resource Files
Posix Mode
Signals
Using the Command Line
Command Completion
Editing the Command Line
History Facilities
Job Control
Key Bindings
Macros