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Other Tools and Information

The final piece to understanding shell scripting (and to understanding other people’s shell scripts) is comprehending the use (and abuse) of command-line tools. The scripts listed in this section are commonly used in shell scripts.

Each of these tools has its own syntax and its own quirks. It would be impractical to explain them all in detail. However, this chapter briefly highlights some common tools and includes links to their manual pages for finding additional information about them.

Contents:

General Tools
Text Processing Tools
File Commands
Disk Commands
Archiving and Compression Commands
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