From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 27 22:31:49 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C357C106564A for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:31:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E64F8FC14 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:31:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwe6 with SMTP id 6so1850271wwe.31 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:31:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8U2ZXMd6MVP/PvUW/cnpfgeLCa7s19JoLVWYrLJ5iOM=; b=YrJ3IA90YTnOsV6Jahm8C8GqYVRbmqz/28xL3JHX0jgXdmC6R2t3sHRQXEf0EvIOsV abKnae++IrWgY1LZpTJXQFtnXNKZ3Up6xoiqZKqHUTpn8JWGet4z9oLipr1ZRSVJirff LVLIdI98TtVZCTLuHjBE+8foHOEGvLVEvswq0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.13.77 with SMTP id b13mr6826026wba.54.1311805908143; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:31:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.87.83 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:31:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E2F1C0F.4040108@msen.com> References: <4E2F1C0F.4040108@msen.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:31:48 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Mark Moellering Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:31:49 -0000 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Mark Moellering wrote: > I want to automate some tasks, creating directories, file editing, etc. = =A0I > was going to pick up a book on shell scripting but wanted to ask the list > if; > A) I am barking up the wrong tree and should use something else. > B) If I am headed in the right direction, what is the best book / resourc= e > to use? > > Thanks in advance > > Mark Moellering You should check this out, from our friends at Apple: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/OpenSource/Conceptual= /ShellScripting/ I haven't gone through it, but I've perused it, and it looks like a good place to start learning. -Brandon