I would start here with the ksh turtle book: https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Korn-Shell-Arnold-Robbins/dp/0596001959
The z/OS Unix shell is close enough to ksh for learning purposes. On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 5:10 PM Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> wrote: > I just found this: > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.bpxa400/shs.htm > Writing z/OS shell scripts< > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.bpxa400/shs.htm > > > To simplify such jobs, the shell lets you run a sequence of commands that > have been stored in a text file. For example, the programmer could store > all the appropriate compiling and linking commands in a file. > www.ibm.com > > > > ________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf > of Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> > Sent: Monday, November 9, 2020 2:24 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > Subject: Re: Learning shell scripting > > No particular goal in mind. Just learning. > I already know REXX fairly well. > Thanks. > > ________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf > of Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> > Sent: Monday, November 9, 2020 2:20 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > Subject: Re: Learning shell scripting > > On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 20:48:23 +0000, Frank Swarbrick wrote: > > >While I've used Unix/Linux systems on and off for over 30 years, I've > never really taken the time to learn shell scripting. For a z/OS > environment are there any highly recommended tutorials and/or references? > > > Largely, I glanced at examples and read man pages. I never went > down a path such as "Shell for dummies". I think I became competent. > > I also recommend z/OS Using REXX and z/OS UNIX System Services > SA23-2283-40 > > Not shell, but enormously useful. Much of the power of the standard > "C" library with the ease of coding Rexx. > > What's your goal; what would be your first practical/demo shell > (or Rexx) program? > > In my earliest encounter with UNIX (Solaris) I was impressed by the > significance of the "Uni" prefix; the ability to use a single language > for terminal commands, scripting, and batch; as opposed to TSO, > CLIST, Rexx, JCL, ... > > And the *uni*formity of shell's lexical analysis. Granted there are > some commands you'd like to be peculiar; I find this outweighed > by "everything works the same." Except for outliers such as > "dd" (needlessly -- I suspect it was invented by an OS/360 > partisan) and "find" (with better reason -- it's command line is > somewhat like you'd expect of a DFSORT control flle). > > What's your goal? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
