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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Sams; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Dec 1989)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 067248448X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0672484483
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.8 x 2.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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UNIX Shell Programming, Revised Edition, shows UNIX users how to quickly and easily automate routine tasks by taking command of the UNIX shell. The shell makes light work of big tasks by transferring your simple instructions into powerful commands that put UNIX through its paces. You don't have to be a programmer, or a UNIX expert, to use shell programming to take control of your environment--if you are acquainted with UNIX, this book can take you the rest of the way. If you are a programmer, you'll be surprised at the range of tasks you can automate with the shell--and at the speed and convenience the shell has over many high-level programming languages. If you're from the growing ranks of UNIX system administrators, this book shows how the shell can make your life easier while improving your service.



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UNIX Shell Programming, Revised Edition, shows UNIX users how to quickly and easily automate routine tasks by taking command of the UNIX shell. The shell makes light work of big tasks by transferring your simple instructions into powerful commands that put UNIX through its paces. You don't have to be a programmer, or a UNIX expert, to use shell programming to take control of your environment--if you are acquainted with UNIX, this book can take you the rest of the way. If you are a programmer, you'll be surprised at the range of tasks you can automate with the shell--and at the speed and convenience the shell has over many high-level programming languages. If you're from the growing ranks of UNIX system administrators, this book shows how the shell can make your life easier while improving your service.



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4.0 out of 5 stars A good update to a classic techie book., 16 April 2003
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This review is from: Unix Shell Programming (Paperback)
I've had about 5 copies of the first edition of this book nicked off me over the years it's that good. So, when a colleague of mine with no scripting experience wanted to learn I bought this book for her and replaced mine at the same time.
The book has been updated so that the examples shown are now in the POSIX shell which has slightly different syntax to other more widely used shells but the book does give alternative syntax in case your machine doesn't have the POSIX shell available.
The first edition is the book I bought to learn shell scripting with back in 1991 and I can remember getting really hacked off that the book didn't have answers to the exercises. This second edition solves this by having a supporting website where you can see the answers, note the errata and even download the examples! (You couldn't do that easily in 1991)

I haven't given it 5 stars because of the book's use of the POSIX shell in the examples - and you have to hunt for the alternative syntax - which might be confusing for beginners. Fortunately, most of the shells are having POSIX functionality added to them so they're slowly becoming POSIX compliant.
However, in the meantime any sysadmin worth their salt can always install the POSIX shell, all the commercial UNIX distos and most of the Linux distos have it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars From Zero to Hero in no time, 5 Jul 2004
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I was a Unix novice until I read this book (not that I'm an expert now but I feel more confident when work with the OS). It was recommended to me by a collegue and it's great! It's a book for real techies and throws you straight into scripts and utilities from chapter 1. The examples are good and the exercises vary in difficulty from 'Give me something worth doing, this is too easy' to 'Hey, hang on, I take back my last comment'. There's a chapter about how the shell interprets commands before executing them which really good. The whole book is in plain english and easy to understand.

The only downside for me was that the really hard exercises don't have worked solutions (but it's fun trying out possible solutions). You can probably tell I'm a techie, so from one techie to another, this book is a must for any unix beginner.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best shell books ever. RECOMMENDED!!, 22 Jun 2001
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Even though this book was originally published in 1990, it is still one of the best, well laid out and easy to follow books on shell programming. Unlike most, the style allows you to use it as either a "learn-by-example" or "reference" book. Well worth the price...

..mind you, the only problem I ever found with it was, people keep on stealing :) - I'm currently on my fifth copy !!

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