Classic Shell Scripting

Awk and Shell

1. The AWK Programming Language, Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, and Peter J. Weinberger. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, U.S.A., 1987. ISBN 0-201-07981-X.

   The original definition for the awk programming language. Extremely worthwhile. See http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/awkbook.

   Effective awk Programming, Third Edition, Arnold Robbins. O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA, U.S.A., 2001. ISBN 0-596-00070-7.

   A more tutorial treatment of awk that covers the POSIX standard for awk. It also serves as the user's guide for gawk.

2. The New KornShell Command and Programming Language, Morris I. Bolsky and David G. Korn. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, U.S.A., 1995. ISBN 0-13-182700-6.

   The definitive work on the Korn shell, by its author.

3. Hands-On KornShell93 Programming, Barry Rosenberg. Addison-Wesley Longman, Reading, MA, U.S.A., 1998. ISBN 0-201-31018-X.