Mastering Unix Shell Scripting

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The book is broken down into three sections to better cover material by user group. Part one begins with the basics of shell scripting. Part two is targeted at System Analysts, Program Testers and Programmer Analysts. Two new chapters have been added Working with Record Files and Those Pesky Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Audits. Application programmers have specific needs for working with record files and need scripts to meet the needs of auditors. Part three is specifically targeted at Systems Administrators and the UNIX guru.

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Randal K. Michael has worked in the technology sector for 20+ years and has worked as a UNIX Systems Administrator for the last 13 years. His broad base of knowledge working in various industries has allowed Randal to teach others what he wanted to know over 20 years ago. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Basics of Shell Scripting Scripting Quick Start and Review 24 Ways to Process a File Line-by-Line Automated Event Notification Progress Indicators Using a Series of Dots, a Rotating Line, or Elapsed Time Part II: Scripts for Programmers, Testers, and Analysts Working with Record Files Automated FTP Stuff Using rsync to Efficiently Replicate Data Automating Interactive Programs with Expect and Autoexpect Finding Large Files and Files of a Specific Type Process Monitoring and Enabling Pre-Processing, Startup, and Post-Processing Events Pseudo-Random Number and Data Generation Creating Pseudo-Random Passwords Floating-Point Math and the bc Utility Number Base Conversions hgrep: Highlighted grep Script Monitoring Processes and Applications Part III: Scripts for Systems Administrators Filesystem Monitoring Monitoring Paging and Swap Space Monitoring System Load Monitoring for Stale Disk Partitions (AIX-Specific) Turning On/Off SSA Identification Lights Automated Hosts Pinging with Notification of Failure Creating a System-Configuration Snapshot Compiling, Installing, Configuring, and Using sudo Print-Queue Hell: Keeping the Printers Printing Those Pesky Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Audits Using Dirvish with rsync to Create Snapshot-Type Backups Monitoring and Auditing User Keystrokes Appendix A: Whats on the Web Site Index