Overview
This is a concise, complete and easy-to-use reference guide and UNIX workbook. Learn UNIX with practical examples of the most common commands and utilities. Get confident with UNIX syntax and semantics fast.This should be every user's first guide to UNIX. Concise, comprehensive, and right to the point, it covers UNIX commands, utilities, PERL, sed, awk, C programming, and the best of the three shells--Korn, Bourne, and C. The book teaches through numerous examples, exercises, and provides the answers to all the problems.
Synopsis
The ideal quickstart guide to UNIX for all newcomers.
This is a concise, complete and easy-to-use reference guide and UNIX workbook for anyone who needs to get up and running fast. Learn UNIX with practical examples of the most common commands and utilities. Get confident with UNIX syntax and semantics fast. Understand UNIX files, directories and file systems. Learn the basics of the most popular UNIX command shells, including the Bourne Shell, the C Shell, and the Korn Shell. Learn basic system administration techniques that can make you more productive even when your system administrator isn't available.
Anyone new to UNIX, especially former DOS, Windows and mainframe users.
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