CSA ISO/IEC 9945-3 : 2005

Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Scope
1.2 Conformance
1.3 Normative References
1.4 Change History
1.5 Terminology
1.6 Definitions
1.7 Relationship to Other Documents
     1.7.1 System Interfaces
            1.7.1.1 Process Attributes
            1.7.1.2 Concurrent Execution of Processes
            1.7.1.3 File Access Permissions
            1.7.1.4 File Read, Write, and Creation
            1.7.1.5 File Removal
            1.7.1.6 File Time Values
            1.7.1.7 File Contents
            1.7.1.8 Pathname Resolution
            1.7.1.9 Changing the Current Working Directory
            1.7.1.10 Establish the Locale
            1.7.1.11 Actions Equivalent to Functions
     1.7.2 Concepts Derived from the ISO C Standard
            1.7.2.1 Arithmetic Precision and Operations
            1.7.2.2 Mathematical Functions
1.8 Portability
     1.8.1 Codes
1.9 Utility Limits
1.10 Grammar Conventions
1.11 Utility Description Defaults
1.12 Considerations for Utilities in Support of Files of
     Arbitrary Size
1.13 Built-In Utilities
Chapter 2 - Shell Command Language
2.1 Shell Introduction
2.2 Quoting
     2.2.1 Escape Character (Backslash)
     2.2.2 Single-Quotes
     2.2.3 Double-Quotes
2.3 Token Recognition
     2.3.1 Alias Substitution
2.4 Reserved Words
2.5 Parameters and Variables
     2.5.1 Positional Parameters
     2.5.2 Special Parameters
     2.5.3 Shell Variables
2.6 Word Expansions
     2.6.1 Tilde Expansion
     2.6.2 Parameter Expansion
     2.6.3 Command Substitution
     2.6.4 Arithmetic Expansion
     2.6.5 Field Splitting
     2.6.6 Pathname Expansion
     2.6.7 Quote Removal
2.7 Redirection
     2.7.1 Redirecting Input
     2.7.2 Redirecting Output
     2.7.3 Appending Redirected Output
     2.7.4 Here-Document
     2.7.5 Duplicating an Input File Descriptor
     2.7.6 Duplicating an Output File Descriptor
     2.7.7 Open File Descriptors for Reading and Writing
2.8 Exit Status and Errors
     2.8.1 Consequences of Shell Errors
     2.8.2 Exit Status for Commands
2.9 Shell Commands
     2.9.1 Simple Commands
            2.9.1.1 Command Search and Execution
     2.9.2 Pipelines
     2.9.3 Lists
            2.9.3.1 Asynchronous Lists
            2.9.3.2 Sequential Lists
            2.9.3.3 AND Lists
            2.9.3.4 OR Lists
     2.9.4 Compound Commands
            2.9.4.1 Grouping Commands
            2.9.4.2 The for Loop
            2.9.4.3 Case Conditional Construct
            2.9.4.4 The if Conditional Construct
            2.9.4.5 The while Loop
            2.9.4.6 The until Loop
     2.9.5 Function Definition Command
2.10 Shell Grammar
     2.10.1 Shell Grammar Lexical Conventions
     2.10.2 Shell Grammar Rules
2.11 Signals and Error Handling
2.12 Shell Execution Environment
2.13 Pattern Matching Notation
     2.13.1 Patterns Matching a Single Character
     2.13.2 Patterns Matching Multiple Characters
     2.13.3 Patterns Used for Filename Expansion
2.14 Special Built-In Utilities
     - break
     - colon
     - continue
     - dot
     - eval
     - exec
     - exit
     - export
     - readonly
     - return
     - set
     - shift
     - times
     - trap
     - unset
Chapter 3 - Batch Environment Services
3.1 General Concepts
     3.1.1 Batch Client-Server Interaction
     3.1.2 Batch Queues
     3.1.3 Batch Job Creation
     3.1.4 Batch Job Tracking
     3.1.5 Batch Job Routing
     3.1.6 Batch Job Execution
     3.1.7 Batch Job Exit
     3.1.8 Batch Job Abort
     3.1.9 Batch Authorization
     3.1.10 Batch Administration
     3.1.11 Batch Notification
3.2 Batch Services
     3.2.1 Batch Job States
     3.2.2 Deferred Batch Services
            3.2.2.1 Batch Job Execution
            3.2.2.2 Batch Job Routing
            3.2.2.3 Batch Job Exit
            3.2.2.4 Batch Server Restart
            3.2.2.5 Batch Job Abort
     3.2.3 Requested Batch Services
            3.2.3.1 Delete Batch Job Request
            3.2.3.2 Hold Batch Job Request
            3.2.3.3 Batch Job Message Request
            3.2.3.4 Batch Job Status Request
            3.2.3.5 Locate Batch Job Request
            3.2.3.6 Modify Batch Job Request
            3.2.3.7 Move Batch Job Request
            3.2.3.8 Queue Batch Job Request
            3.2.3.9 Batch Queue Status Request
            3.2.3.10 Release Batch Job Request
            3.2.3.11 Rerun Batch Job Request
            3.2.3.12 Select Batch Jobs Request
            3.2.3.13 Server Shutdown Request
            3.2.3.14 Server Status Request
            3.2.3.15 Signal Batch Job Request
            3.2.3.16 Track Batch Job Request
3.3 Common Behaviour for Batch Environment Utilities
     3.3.1 Batch Job Identifier
     3.3.2 Destination
     3.3.3 Multiple Keyword-Value Pairs
Chapter 4 - Utilities
Index

Gives a standard operating system interface and environment, including a command interpreter (or 'shell'), and common utility programs to support applications portability at the source code level.