To get the most out of this book

As the authors, we wrote this book to be accessible and teach you, the reader many different approaches to programming with Bash through several recipes. However, to get the most out of them, we encourage you to:

  • Have a Linux system setup and configured (ideally Ubuntu) to complete the recipes
  • Work through the recipes 
  • Keep in mind what the components of each recipe and even the recipes themselves to see how they could be reused or combined in new ways

However,  this book assumes a certain level of knowledge to begin your journey and these skills will not be covered in this book. These skills include the following:

  • How to setup and configure a Linux system
  • How to install, access, and configure a specific ...

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