Beginning bash -- Standard output -- Standard input -- Executing commands -- Basic scripting : shell variables -- Shell logic and arithmetic -- Intermediate shell tools I -- Intermediate shell tools II -- Finding files: find, locate, slocate -- Additional features for scripting -- Working with dates and times -- End-user tasks as shell scripts -- Parsing and simila tasks -- Writing secure shell scripts -- Advanced scripting -- Configuring and suctomizing bash -- Housekeeping and administrative tasks -- Working faster by typing less -- Tips and traps: common goofs for novices.