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by Lowell Jay Arthur (Author), Ted Burns (Author) "The Shell is the key to improving productivity and quality in a UNIX environment ..." (more)

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Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 4th Edition edition (1 Aug 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0471168947
ISBN-13: 978-0471168942
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.8 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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Harness the power of shells . . . for the Internet and beyond

Completely revised and updated to include the latest developments in Internet and business applications, UNIX Shell Programming, Fourth Edition provides comprehensive coverage of Bourne, Korn, C, and BASH shells. Using a specially developed three–step process, this invaluable guide takes you through the entire universe of UNIX shell, from simple commands and programming to the world of software developers and system administrators.

Using this comprehensive book, you′ll be able to choose the shell that′s right for you –whatever your needs or background.

UNIX Shell Programming, Fourth Edition gives you:
∗ Practical guidance on how to create CGI scripts, object warehouses, and reuse catalogs
∗ Everything on shell extensions for management of distributed environments
∗ A special shell reference appendix containing real–life examples that you can use right now

Visit the book′s companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/unixshell

From the Author

UNIX Shell is a power tool for programmers
I learned UNIX and Shell at Bell Labs in the 1970s. I found it was a rapid prototyping tool, a personal assistant, and a way to be more productive. The power of Shell is the ability to try out ideas quickly, rapidly converging on solutions. Then you can decide whether to code it in another language or just leave it in shell. This book focuses on applied shell programming, not specific tools like grep or awk, but how to compose programming tools and application software quickly and easily. Discover the Power of Unix Shell.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well, *I* think it's a great book!, 2 Jul 1999

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I don't understand all the negative reviews here. Perhaps they're expecting something else out of this book: intro to programming, or hello world or something. Yes, it's a fairly advanced book, but that's what I wanted in the first place! I am writing this review because I came to this page to buy another copy of this book: I keep wanting a copy at home for hacking on my Linux box!

Any basic tutorial can show you how to do basic if/then/else and loops and basic syntax rules. You need a book when you want to do something harder: mathematics, complicated scripts, etc. Best of all, it doesn't just cover Bourne and C shells: it also covers the Korn and Bourne Again shells (ksh & bash).

This is not one of those books that was hacked out in four weeks because Technology X just became hot and every book publisher on the planet is scrambling to spit out 1600-page shelf-benders. The authors have taken a lot of time to put together a truly useful book.

Books don't reach a fourth edition if they are so bad!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 15 Feb 2000

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I'm with Warren Young (see other reviews for this book). As someone who is not a programmer but is familiar with some computing concepts, I found this to be the only Unix reference book I have ever read which actually talks to me in English and genuinely helps me to step through concepts. I have borrowed the book from a friend and am just about to buy it for myself.

I'm not quite sure what its target audience is but thank God the authors are not trying to submerge me in technical babble from the start. It is a good book to read, to understand and to allow concepts to soak in with relatively little pain. Unlike the Unix man pages, which I often find quite unreadable, this book explains things at a level I can follow and builds up to more complex ideas at a comfortable pace.

I suspect it will not meet the needs of those who already have extensive Unix knowledge but for those of us who occupy that strange twilight world where we are not absolute beginners but are not knowledgable gurus either, I would recommend the book as extremely useful.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Where's the shell?, 30 Sep 2003

By	bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

I don't like reading negative reviews. However this one is necessary as a warning. I was not being facetious, when I asked where is the shell? Anybody that would give this more than one star has only read the cover. And does not know that csh and c are two different things. For that matter the author does not know the CSH and c are two different things. Lowell Jay Arthur and Ted Barnes probably could not afford a computer between the two of them. There are absolutely no examples of this csh, or the tcsh shell, or the posix shell, or any industry used shells.
In deviating from shells, they talk about CGI as if it was a language instead of a protocol. They have examples of Netscape the way it looked when there was Windows 3.1. I stand corrected; they are gracious to say that the "C-Shell "provides an excellent pseudo code for C the in Chapter 13. Perhaps they must have read that somewhere.
I am sending this book back.
If you really intend on C programming:
UNIX Shell Programming (Hayden Books UNIX System Library) by Stephen G. Kochan, Patrick H. Wood (Contributor) ISBN: 067248448X

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore the Bad Reviews
This book not only covers the fundamentals of shell programming, it's a master work on the basics of prototyping and code reuse. Read more

Published 12 months ago by DBA-Developer

4.0 out of 5 stars No, it's not perfect, but...
I am an IT contractor with 14 years of experience. A few years ago I had an interview for a contract on the strength of the small exposure I had to UNIX Shell. Read more

Published on 6 Mar 2003 by Big Gray Man

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable for System and Database Administrators
As well as covering the basics of UNIX shell scripting, the book also provides a lot of good tips on using scripts for RAD development. Read more

Published on 31 May 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad!!
If you have a hard time to sleep then start reading this book it will make you sleep, guaranteed.

Published on 16 Jul 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible
If you want a book on unix shell programming...save your money and don't buy this one. The examples are faulty. Read more

Published on 26 Jun 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't even waste time to look at the cover!
This is the WORST textbook I've ever seen. I had wasted lots of time to read it but learn nothing from it. I don't want to waste time to comment too much. Read more

Published on 21 May 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars I should have read the reviews.
A helpful programming book can take one of two forms: a well structured reference or an insightful tutorial. This book is neither. Read more

Published on 29 Mar 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Save a tree and don't buy this book.
This book is filled with confusion. The authors do not appear to fully understand Unix shell programming. It is not a good reference or a good tutorial. Read more

Published on 25 Mar 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't even think about buying this book - You will regret!
The authors of this book provide an unorganized method to mislead the experienced readers about what they already understood and confuse the novices the concept of UNIX. Read more

Published on 26 Jan 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money for the next one.
This book lacks real-world examples of implementation. The authors give you little more than what you can obtain from the Unix man pages. Read more

Published on 15 Dec 1998

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