Unix and Shell Programming

This book, designed to meet the course on UNIX and SHELL Programming for graduate and undergraduate engineering students, presents an illuminative and objective exploration of algorithms and programming skills on UNIX and SHELL. The authors discuss all the concepts such as operating system services, file system, buffer cache, reading and writing disk blocks, inode assignment to a new file, system calls, structure and control of a process, inter-process communication, and sockets with the help of illustrations, tables, block diagrams, and industry based practical examples.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction To Unix
Chapter 2. Operating System Services
Chapter 3. File System
Chapter 4. Buffer Cache
Chapter 5. Reading And Writing Disk Blocks
Chapter 6. Inode Assignment To A New File
Chapter 7. System Calls
Chapter 8. Structure Of A Process
Chapter 9. Process Control
Chapter 10. Inter-Process Communication
Chapter 11. Sockets
Chapter 12. Unix Command
Chapter 13. Awk And Perl Programming