Bourne shell scripting resources

[Atom Powers]

On 5/11/06, Doug Poland <doug at polands.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can someone point me to a good on-line reference for Bourne shell
> scripting?  I've come across some syntax I don't understand and, since
> I don't understand it, don't know how to search the web for it.

I found these in my bookmarks...

http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/bash/html_chapter/bashref_toc.html
http://steve-parker.org/sh/sh1.shtml

Mostly I use "Unix Shells by Example" by Ellie Quigley.

> For example, what do these special variable characters do?
>
> ${UNISON_SCHED%% *}      #  what does %% * do?
> ${UNISON_JOB%\.*}        #  what does %\.* do?
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug
>
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