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Originally Posted by cwhitmore

Can someone suggest a good scripting book?

• Unix Shell Programming by Stephen Kochan:
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Shell-Pro...8720068&sr=8-5
• Unix Shells by Example by Ellie Quigby:
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Shells-Ex...8720362&sr=1-4
• Mastering Unix Shell Scripting by Randall K. Michael:
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Unix...8720362&sr=1-6

You may find some value in another online tutorial:

http://steve-parker.org/sh/sh.shtml

Enjoy.