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Resources
You will find on this page a number of resources that I think you may
find helpful.
Of course, that is a matter of personal taste and preference, so if you
find something you think may help other students please let me know
so I can add it here.
Textbook
As mentioned in the Introductory lecture, there is no textbook as such for this unit, but
here are a couple books you may find useful (and the first one has the distinct benefit
of being free of charge.
Other Bash Books
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Pure Bash Bible is a more advanced reference with
useful code snippet covering a variety of tasks.
Referencing guide
From the Academic Conduct
Essentials unit
you are, no doubt, aware of the academic conduct issues around referencing.
However, most of the available materials on the topic relate to natural language
documents, e.g. essays written in English.
Here is an link to an excellent resource from MIT about
referencing code.
Please refer to (and abide by) this guide if you plan to include code that is not yours in
your work.
Background Reading
vi editor
The vi editor is the most widely used text editor.
Unfortunately, vi is rather more powerful (and hence more complicated)
than the conventional GUI editors, so there is a bit of a learning curve.
Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering
The University of Western Australia
Last modified: 13 May 2022
Modified By: Michael Wise
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