Bash Workshop

Dependencies:

• LaTeX
• latexmk
• GNU Make (optional)

To compile, run make.

Topics

Part 1:

• Intro
  • Brief history
  • Unix philosophy
• Files & File Tree
  • cat, cp, mv, rm
  • cd, pwd, ls, mkdir
  • Paths, ., .., *
• CLI
  • Options and arguments
  • Reading man pages
  • Keyboard shortcuts
• Pipes
  • stdin, stdout
  • > and >>
  • Pipes
  • grep

Part 2:

• Regex
  • Patterns
  • grep -E
  • sed
  • Capturing groups
• Scripting
  • Variables
  • if
  • for

Tarball

Before the workshop takes place, the directory tarball/ is to be distributed to every participant. It is intended to be in-workshop exercise material.

Cheatsheet

We will print the cheatsheet (source: cheatsheet.tex) in bulk and hand out one copy per participant.

TODO

• Proofread slides
• Proofread cheatsheet
• Test in-slide scripts against tarball
• Distribute tarball
• Find a good bash environment on Windows
• Write a WeChat promotional article

License

CC BY-SA 4.0.

References

• Bash Manual

• "Wildcard":

  • Filename Expansion

• > and >>:

  • Redirections

• Exit status

• if statements and [[ ]]:

  • Conditional Constructs
  • Conditional Expressions

• $(( )) and (( )):

  • Shell Arithmetic
  • Arithmetic Expansion

• for statements and {1..10}:

  • Looping Constructs
  • Brace Expansion

• $():

  • Command Substitution

• Quoting:

  • Double Quotes
  • ANSI-C Quoting

• IFS:

  • Word Splitting