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From Bash to Z Shell: Conquering the Command Line (Paperback)

by Oliver Kiddle (Author), Jerry Peek (Author), Peter Stephenson (Author)

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Paperback: 472 pages
Publisher: APRESS (1 Dec 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1590593766
ISBN-13: 978-1590593769
Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 17.8 x 2.6 cm

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This comprehensive, hands-on guide focuses on two of the most popular and feature-rich shells, bash and zsh. From Bash to Z Shell: Conquering the Command Line is a book for all skill levels. Novices will receive an introduction to the features of shells and power users will get to explore the benefits of zsh--one of the most powerful, versatile shells ever written. Intermediate users will uncover hints, recipes, and ideas to enhance their skill sets. The book covers shell programming, but is unique in its thorough coverage of using shells interactively--a powerful and time-saving alternative to windows and a mouse. This strong author team has written an immediately useful book, packed with examples and suggestions that users of Unix, Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows can readily apply.

About the Author

Oliver Kiddle is actively involved with the development of ZSH, and acts as a team authority in areas such as completion and parameters. Kiddle is a graduate of the University of York.

Jerry Peek is a freelance writer and instructor. He has used shells extensively and has taught users about them for over 20 years. Peek is the "Power Tools" columnist for Linux Magazine and coauthored the book UNIX Power Tools.

Peter Stephenson grew up in northeast England and studied physics at Oxford, where he earned a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. Stephenson spent 9 years as a physics researcher, with an emphasis on computational physics, and resided in Liverpool, Swansea, Berlin, and Pisa.

Since 2000, Stephenson has been a software engineer with Cambridge Silicon Radio, where he works on the baseband firmware for short-range digital radio standards, such as Bluetooth. Stephenson has been involoved in the development of ZSH since the 1990s, when he began writing the FAQs. The past several years, he has coordinated the shell's development.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not a reference book, but an indepth guide, 4 Dec 2004

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I picked this book up expecting it to be a reference manual, judging from the title, but was pleasantly surprised to find a well thought out discussion that made for easy reading. It was made even easier by a foreword on how to read and get the most out of the book - a welcome addition.

The book is divided into three clear sections. The first is an introduction to all things shell-like. Topics are kept shell agnostic so even if bash and zsh aren't available on your system it works well as a primer, in particular for Windows users. The book even takes time out to explain some of the shell principles that Windows and GUI users may not be too familiar with such as process creation and pipes. Windows users are also catered for with examples using Cygwin to run the shells but not at the expense of going off topic.

The second section goes through each of the primary shell features in turn such as command line completition, job control and shell history. Though this is primarily aimed at bash and zsh I found a lot of it applicable to other shells and the text frequently references other shells.

The third section gets down into the nitty gritty. You'll be suprised at just what you can do with bash and zsh and this is where the book really comes into its own. If you're struggling to get advanced features working then the explaination you need is probably in here. It is, however, technically challenging for a beginner, so don't expect to able to read the entire book in one sitting and be an expert - you'll have to work on the features in this section.

If you want to learn in detail about shells then this is a book worth considering. Don't be mislead by the title, this is not an all encompassing encyclopedic shell reference guide but it is a good, clear dicussion of what a shell can do for you and how to do it - with the emphasis on using bash and zsh.

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