Scripting

Scripting is powerful technology especially valuable in embbedded Linux. It is used for building complex projects, building root file systems and distributions, system management, tests automation.

Most commons shells are bash on PC and busybox's ash on embedded Linux.

Shell scripting

 * http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/
 * http://bash.cyberciti.biz/
 * Top 10 Best Cheat Sheets and Tutorials for Linux / UNIX Commands
 * http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/
 * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/bash

Shell scripting libraries

 * List of Bash shell-scripting libraries
 * mbfl - Marco's Bash Functions Library
 * 5000 SLOC, 500 functions, bloated
 * The philosophy of MBFL is to do the work as much as possible without external commands.
 * Сomplicated to use
 * http://www.bashinator.org/
 * Logging framework
 * 700 SLOC, 18 functions
 * Сomplicated to use
 * bsfl - Bash Shell Function Library
 * shesfw - Shell Script Framework tool
 * shUnit2 - xUnit based unit testing for Unix shell scripts
 * log4sh - logging facility
 * libbash - tool for managing bash scripts
 * bashworks
 * rerun - a modular shell automation framework to organize your keeper scripts
 * @ aka monkey-tail
 * Some short functions
 * Easy to use

Samples from books

 * Learning the bash shell, 2005, samples
 * Bash Cookbook, 2007
 * Classic Shell Scripting, 2005

Historical
See also
 * UNIX Power Tools, 1997, samples
 * Portable Shell Programming, 1995, samples
 * Wicked Cool Shell Scripts
 * Android Scripting