Contents at a

Glance
Introduction xvii

CHAPTER 1 Introducing Windows Shell Scripting 1

CHAPTER 2 Interacting with the Windows Shell 25

CHAPTER 3 Windows Shell Scripting Basics 57

CHAPTER 4 Storing and Retrieving Information in Variables 87

CHAPTER 5 Applying Conditional Logic 123

CHAPTER 6 Creating Loops to Process Collections of Data 155

CHAPTER 7 Creating Procedures and Subroutines 201

CHAPTER 8 Debugging and Error Handling 241

APPENDIX A Windows Shell Scripting Administrative Scripts 297

APPENDIX B What’s on the CD-ROM? 341

APPENDIX C What Next? 349

Glossary 355

Index 365