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Summary: Superior reference book
Review: I find Stallings' book an outstanding comprehensive reference, with good descriptions of commands and their options. I could see how it might be difficult to learn Unix with this book alone, but it is a good stepping stone for the intermediate Unix user.
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Summary: Expensive but good
Review: I had to port some Windows C/C++ code to Solaris and went to the bookstore hoping to find something that would bring me up to speed with the basic utilities and UNIX concepts from the perspective of a programmer. Bookstore shelves are usually crowded with books that deal with the admin part of Unix but good programming books are a tad harder to find.The first few chapters about the commonly used utilities quickly taught me to navigate the system but a full 4 chapters are devoted to the shell - a general introduction, bsh, ksh and csh - which was too much for me. I skipped the ksh and csh chapters. Also the systems programming chapters goes into a lot of detail about files most of which I already knew. If you, like me are a Windows programmer making a transition to Unix, be prepared to wade through and often skip stuff you already know. The good thing however is that the writing style is lucid and clear and this book is an easy read. Introduction to file permissions(chown etc) is very well written. Examples are clear and well placed. The brief introductions to perl and awk are also useful. Though the price is on the higher side, I think this book is a good buy. Its kept me interested and reading for over a week now and I must say I know so much more Unix for that. If it had been priced say 10-12 dollars lower, I might have given this baby a 4 on 5.
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Summary: Very good book for people new to UNIX
Review: I have the first edition of this book, and used it in college. This book does a good job explaining the basics and some intermediate topics. I particularly enjoyed chapters on system programming and unix internals. Also, the book serves as a good reference. Overall, I recommend this book to anyone who wants to start out with UNIX.
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Summary: Very good book for people new to UNIX
Review: I have the first edition of this book, and used it in college. This book does a good job explaining the basics and some intermediate topics. I particularly enjoyed chapters on system programming and unix internals. Also, the book serves as a good reference. Overall, I recommend this book to anyone who wants to start out with UNIX.
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Summary: What a surprise!
Review: I've had quite a few unix literature, but this book is one of the best I've seen on the subject. It does not intimidate beginners with unnecessary jargons, and still servers as a good reference book. I found chapter 13 (unix internals) really helpful. Don't let the dorky cover page fool you. Worth the last penny spent.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Not only perfect book for people who try to start learning Unix system, but also great for reference if you are familliar with Unix and you just want a book that you can flip through when you forgot a command.
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Summary: Cover all stuff of UNIX
Review: Really, it covers all topics of UNIX, no matter what you want, it can always give you an answer. A great buy!
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Summary: Well organized, but has serious omissions.
Review: The second edition has not added much new material compared to the first, other than a cursory explanation of what the Internet is (as if we didn't know). It appears to be anti-GNU from its omission of the BASH shell, and GCC. Of course, the authors are consultants for major corporations, so the free software movement probably does not appeal to them much. Anyway, to make a long story short, there are much better books on the market. For about the same price, you can buy the Unix CD Bookshelf, which is MUCH more comprehensive, and better written. If you hate Linux and the Free Software Foundation, you may enjoy this book more than I did.
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Summary: a OK book
Review: This book covers all useful topics about the UNIX, which is what I like. However, this book has many programs and command which are out-of-date. The author need to update new programming styles in the UNIX. The author does not give detailed explanation of the regular expresstion which is very powerful in vi, grap, ed and awk utility.
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Summary: A really worthwhile choice
Review: This book is a really good choice for a newcomer to Unix. Well organised, understandable, with examples, and very explanatory without confusing you. Certainly I suggest it.
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