[CentOS] Bash Script help...

Fri May 8 17:22:05 UTC 2009
Andrew Colin Kissa <andrew at topdog.za.net>


The ABS guide http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/  and the GNU bash manual http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/ 
   should help


On 08 May 2009, at 6:58 PM, MHR wrote:

> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle
> <mailinglists at mailnewsrss.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I need to write a script that I will manually start (or a cron job in
>> future) but I need it to do a number of things in order one after
>> another.  How do i do that so everything gets dont as the steps  
>> depend
>> on each other.
>>
>
> If you're asking these kinds of questions, a basic primer on how to
> use bash, and shell scripting in general, seems to be in order.  It
> never hurts to have good manuals around if you are not thoroughly
> familiar with a particular paradigm, and it makes for handy reference
> in the future.  You will (and did) get lots of help here, but you'll
> run into more and mroe of this as you go, and these kinds of issues
> are frequently covered in detail in a good manual.
>
> FTR, no, I don't use a shell manual any more.  I've been writing shell
> and make scripts for over 20 years, and I still occasionally use the
> man page for details that elude me from time to time.  Man has been a
> great tool for me, for this.
>
> HTH
>
> mhr
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