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A Practical Guide to Linux(R) Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming |
Author: Mark G. Sobell
Published: 2005-07-11 |
List price: $49.99
Our price: $31.49
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Very Helpful!
Many Linux books are of very little use if you're not an absolute beginner or running a large network. This book was perfect for intermediate users and contains something for any skill level.
 A fair book; not great, not bad.
I purchased this book thinking it would help me learn Linux Shell Programming. It did not. First, the material is too high level. Second, some of us are still constrained to the original Bourne shell. The book does not cover the Bourne shell. For example, why does the following script not work:
if [$# -lt "1" ]
then
VAR=$1
fi
Answer: There is no space after the opening square bracket. I found that out from an online tutorial that I can read for free any time I want.
Why didn't I send the book back, or sell it? Answer: I would have to pay for shipping, or receive less than I paid. At least it looks pretty on my bookshelf.
 Linux Command-line Reference
This is a good Linux command-line reference for those who just started in this domain. It has full description of the commands and their possible syntaxes.
However, for those who have medium to advance hands-on, you feel that this book lacks providing tricks and shortcut pathways. In another word, it would be beneficial if this book provided advanced real-life examples.
Overall, I found this book helpful and the only one of its kind.
A book that will help you become a Linux command line guru
This is a book that I have been looking for for a long time. I have been looking for a book that takes me into the command line world of Linux but in a methodical way describing all the little options, tips, tricks but also the principles that make Linux shell so powerful.
Book begins with a brief history of Linux and very informative, relevant overview of the system architecture.
It proceeds with the in depth, hands on walkthrogugh the environment, shells, and command line utilities.
There is a very useful and every-day practical exercise at the end of the each chapter.
Book continues with in depth chapters on Linux filesystem, the shell, editors (emacs and vi) and the programming environment including (g)awk and sed.
Book concludes with excellend command reference section (300 pages) and Appendix on regular expressions (superb),
getting help with Linux and keeping the system up to date (using yum and bit torrent).
I could go on at length to describe what this book is but trust me, a promotion for the book that you see on Amazon is accurate. This book is as good as it sounds. It is reviewed by 42 reviewers on Amazon and average score is 4.5 stars out of 5. I give it 5.
 Lots of stuff, but oriented toward scripting
The claim that this is a "practical guide to Linux commands . . ." is an overstatement. The coverage of commands is relatively minimal. This volume doesn't really get into any depth or go beyond basic commands. The Command Reference (Part V of the book) is incomplete. It definitely is not a guide to using Linux.
Several editors and a bit of programming are covered , though again the coverage is cursory.
Overall, this is probably an okay reference for experienced Linux users. For people like me who don't use Linux often or in-depth, it is frankly not of very much use.
Jerry
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