Bash and Bash scripts

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1. Common shell programs
   1. General shell functions
   2. Shell types
2. Advantages of the Bourne Again SHell
   1. Bash is the GNU shell
   2. Features only found in bash
      1. Invocation
      2. Bash startup files
         1. Invoked as an interactive login shell, or with `--login'
         2. Invoked as an interactive non-login shell
         3. Invoked non-interactively
         4. Invoked with the sh command
         5. POSIX mode
         6. Invoked remotely
         7. Invoked when UID is not equal to EUID
      3. Interactive shells
         1. What is an interactive shell?
         2. Is this shell interactive?
         3. Interactive shell behavior
         4. Conditionals
         5. Shell arithmetic
         6. Aliases
         7. Arrays
         8. Directory stack
         9. The prompt
         10. The restricted shell
3. Executing commands
   1. General
   2. Shell built-in commands
   3. Executing programs from a script
4. Building blocks
   1. Shell building blocks
      1. Shell syntax
      2. Shell commands
      3. Shell functions
      4. Shell parameters
      5. Shell expansions
      6. Redirections
      7. Executing commands
      8. Shell scripts
5. Developing good scripts
   1. Properties of good scripts
   2. Structure
   3. Terminology
   4. A word on order and logic
   5. An example Bash script: mysystem.sh
   6. Example init script
6. Summary
7. Exercises

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