Errata for Learning the bash Shell
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| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
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Page xv-xvi
The following text was added to the preface under the |
"We'd Like to Hear from You" heading:
"We have a web site for the book, where we'll list examples,
errata, and any plans for future editions. You can access
this page at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781565923478/
For more information about this book and others, see the
O'Reilly web site:
http://www.oreilly.com"
The addition of this text threw off the page break for page xvi.
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page 50
In the last paragraph, 1st sentence: |
"ceratin" was changed to "certain"
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Anonymous |
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May 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 70
Replaced the '(single quotes) with "(double quotes), as follows |
MAILPATH="
/path?Message:
/path?Message:
/path?Message"
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 100
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The text used to read:
"if name had the value"
It now reads:
"if filename had the value"
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page 102
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The text used to read:
"less efficient than ${variable##/*}"
It now reads:
"less efficient than ${variable##*/}"
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page 114
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The code used to read:
Echo $DIR_STACK
It now reads:
echo $DIR_STACK
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page 144
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The code used to read:
* ) exit 'usage: alice [-a] [-b barg] [-c] args...'
It now reads:
* ) echo 'usage: alice [-a] [-b barg] [-c] args...'
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page 157
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The text used to read:
"count from 0 to N+1"
It now reads:
"count from 0 to N"
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page 164
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In Table 7-1, the 12th line used to read:
>> file Direct file descriptor "n" to "file"; append to "file" if
it already exists.
The redirector was changed to read:
n>>file
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Anonymous |
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May 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 165
In the code example, |
1,/^[]*$/d
It now reads:
1,/^[ ]*$/d
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 174
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Code sample 2 used to read:
< TERM=vt100; line=$(tty); while ...} < /etc/terms
It now reads:
< TERM=vt100; line=$(tty); while ...} < /etc/terms;
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Anonymous |
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May 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 224
Table 9-2, row 1: "The shell exists from script" was changed |
to read "The shell exits from script"
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Anonymous |
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May 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 281
The section title was renamed "Environment Variables". |
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Anonymous |
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Jun 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page 305
Under "symbols" on page 305, the index does not show |
anything for $? (which is discussed on page 115).
Add to "$(dollar sign)" section. The ? is actually on the next page
anyway; "? (question mark)".
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Anonymous |
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