It's simple: you need to know how to work with the bash shell if you want to get to the heart of Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix systems. Updated for the most recent version of bash, this concise little book puts all of the essential information about bash at your fingertips. You'll quickly find answers to annoying questions that always come up when you're writing shell scripts.

What characters do you need to quote? How do you get variable substitution to do exactly what you want? How do you use arrays? If you're a user or programmer of any Unix variant, or if you're using bash on Windows, you'll find answers to these questions and much more with this indispensable pocket reference.