Name: The Power of the Command Line - How Bash Can Boost Your Productivity - Werner Fischer, Thomas-Krenn.AG
Start: 2025-08-26T15:05:00+0200
End: 2025-08-26T15:45:00+0200

25-27, August 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST

G109

Most Linux users use it every day: the bash shell. While Linux newbies only sporadically access the command line (terminal), their familiarity with it increases with continued use.

However, very few people take advantage of the sheer power of the bash. A basic understanding of the Bash grammar will help you get started: from simple commands, pipelines (|), lists, to compound commands, coprocesses, shell function definitions.

The Bash is incredibly versatile.

Quoting, for example, is used to remove the special meaning of certain characters or words to the shell. Values can be stored in parameters - of which there are several: positional parameters, special parameters, shell variables (e.g. $BASH, $LANG, $PATH, ...), arrays. Functions, arithmetic evaluation, conditional expressions and exit status are features often used in Bash scripts. Last but not least, shell bulletin commands are also part of the bash feature list.

Join Werner's talk and discover many possibilities for your favourite shell that you may have only dreamed of.

Speakers

Werner Fischer

Product Manager, Thomas-Krenn.AG

Werner studied computer and media security in Hagenberg and then worked at IBM for two years, where he wrote two Redbooks with colleagues. He has been working in the Linux area at Thomas-Krenn.AG since 2005. His previous roles include HA clusters, devops, 3rd level support, security... Read More →

Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G109

Open Source 101

Audience Experience Level Intermediate

Open Source Summit Europe 2025

Werner Fischer

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