Customer Review: Might be confusing for some who don't realize that various flavours of UNINX and Linux abound but so what! This book is not supposed to teach that kind of thing anyway.
Customer Review: I've scrolled through lots of books, there is so much information out there, but this book has a tendency to keep it simple and to the point. It has good illustrative examples that not only are useful but also serve as a good practice guide.
Customer Review: This book provided a solid resource to start writing shell scripts in bash. It is well written, and also provides understanding into some bash features that go beyond just a reference book.
Customer Review: This book consists of one large section that is mostly distilled man pages, along with more specialized chapters later on. Emacs, vi, bash, sed and gawk are all covered in detail. This book is my main reference for bash, vi, sed and gawk, as I am an Emacs and Z Shell user. Despite the material in... more info
Customer Review: I wish this book had been out 4 years ago before I started working in a NOC (Network Operations Center). So far, I've been very impressed with the layout and information contained in this book. The command line switches are very detailed yet, this information would be a great reference for somebody... more info
Customer Review: I have been a Unix Systems Administrator for ten years but am weak in creating my own Unix shell scripts. I currently administer hundreds of enterprise class Unix servers with AIX, Solaris and RHEL for a major corporation. I bought this book to help me understand scripting more and to help me learn... more info
Customer Review: This book is broad-based in its approach to Unix shells and shell programming, and because it covers so much ground I'm not sure I'd recommend it to new users. However, if you are experienced and don't want to thumb through a dozen different books on Unix, this is the one to own. It has clear and... more info
Customer Review: The main problem with this book is not that it is incomplete, but that you will probably have to wade through portions that do not apply to you to get to what you need to know. The authors are knowledgable, and I had no problem with the presentation. However, I was looking for the format of ssh... more info
Customer Review: I've worked in IT for 20+ years, and this is one of the best books I've found. What an index! And even the text of the book has reference "pointers" (for lack of a better term) sprinkled throughout it. Even if you don't initially find what you are looking for, you can usually read a couple of... more info
