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Mastering Linux Shell Scripting - Second Edition

By : Mokhtar Ebrahim, Andrew Mallett
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Book Image

Mastering Linux Shell Scripting - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Mokhtar Ebrahim, Andrew Mallett

Overview of this book

In this book, you’ll discover everything you need to know to master shell scripting and make informed choices about the elements you employ. Grab your favorite editor and start writing your best Bash scripts step by step. Get to grips with the fundamentals of creating and running a script in normal mode, and in debug mode. Learn about various conditional statements' code snippets, and realize the power of repetition and loops in your shell script. You will also learn to write complex shell scripts. This book will also deep dive into file system administration, directories, and system administration like networking, process management, user authentications, and package installation and regular expressions. Towards the end of the book, you will learn how to use Python as a BASH Scripting alternative. By the end of this book, you will know shell scripts at the snap of your fingers and will be able to automate and communicate with your system with keyboard expressions.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

String manipulation

Dealing with strings in Python is very simple: you can search, replace, change character case, and perform other manipulations with ease:

To search for a string, you can use the find method like this:

#!/usr/bin/python3
str = "Welcome to Python scripting world"
print(str.find("scripting"))

The string count in Python starts from zero too, so the position of the word scripting is at 18.

You can get a specific substring using square brackets like this:

#!/usr/bin/python3
str = "Welcome to Python scripting world"
print(str[:2]) # Get the first 2 letters (zero based)
print(str[2:]) # Start from the second letter
print(str[3:5]) # from the third to fifth letter
print(str[-1]) # -1 means the last letter if you don't know the length

To replace a string, you can use the replace method like this:

#!/usr/bin/python3
str = "Welcome to...