This is an open-source introduction to Bash scripting guide/ebook that will help you learn the basics of Bash scripting and start writing awesome Bash scripts that will help you automate your daily SysOps, DevOps, and Dev tasks. No matter if you are a DevOps/SysOps engineer, developer, or just a Linux enthusiast, you can use Bash scripts to combine different Linux commands and automate boring and repetitive daily tasks, so that you can focus on more productive and fun things.
The guide is suitable for anyone working as a developer, system administrator, or a DevOps engineer and wants to learn the basics of Bash scripting.
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This is an open-source introduction to Git and GitHub guide that will help you learn the basics of version control and start using Git for your SysOps, DevOps, and Dev projects. No matter if you are a DevOps/SysOps engineer, developer, or just a Linux enthusiast, you can use Git to track your code changes and collaborate with other members of your team or open source maintainers.
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You can modify the /assets/theme-light.html and the /assets/theme-dark.html to change any of the styles for the eBook. For example, I like to increase the size of the text and the line spacing a little bit.
Configuration
In order to configure ibis all that you need to do is change the values in the ibis.php file.
The main settings would be:
title: The title of your eBook
author: Your anme
sample: Page ranges to be used with the sample command
sample_notice: A notice printed at the final page of a generated sample
Creating a cover photo
There is an awesome tool that you could use for free to generate your cover photo:
If you ever need to create a graphic, poster, invitation, logo, presentation – or anything that looks good — give Canva a go!
To change the cover photo, just substitute the default /assets/cover.jpg with your image!
Markdown files
With the above, you can then start writing your eBook! The content would be stored in the content folder where you will have to add your Markdown files.
Ibis would read all of the .md files in the content folder and would use all h1 titles as the name of the chapters.
If you are not familiar with Markdown, make sure to check out this guide here.
Building the PDF
Once you have your content ready, in order to build the PDF of your eBook, just use the following commands
Light mode
ibis build
Dark mode
ibis build dark
If you want to generate a sample of your eBook use the following commands:
Light mode sample:
ibis sample
Dark mode sample:
ibis sample dark
Once you run the command, it will generate your PDF and store them in the export folder.
The output that you will see would look like this:
==> Preparing Export Directory ...
==> Parsing Markdown ...
==> Adding Book Cover ...
==> Building PDF ...
==> Writing PDF To Disk ...
✨✨ 34 PDF pages ✨✨
Book Built Successfully!
Conclusion
If you like the Ibis tool, make sure to star it on GitHub and contribute!
If you publish your own eBook make sure to let me know by tagging me on Twitter @bobbyiliev_!