Abstract
Shell scripting is an important skill that every professional DBA must possess. Most DBAs use this coding technique to automate many critical database administration tasks such as backups and monitoring. As part of your job, you’ll be asked to maintain scripts that prior DBAs have written, and you’ll also be required to write new shell scripts as required. The better you are at scripting, the better you’ll be able to perform your job. To be effective at shell scripting, DBAs minimally need to be familiar with four types of tools:
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Darl Kuhn, Charles Kim, and Bernard Lopuz
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kuhn, D., Kim, C., Lopuz, B. (2015). Chapter 7: Shell Scripting. In: Linux and Solaris Recipes for Oracle DBAs. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1254-7_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1254-7_7
Publisher Name: Apress, Berkeley, CA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4842-1255-4
Online ISBN: 978-1-4842-1254-7
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied ComputingProfessional and Applied Computing (R0)Apress Access Books