Product Description
"Could someone give me an easy way to look up the sed and awk commands for Solaris?" asked a time-pressed computer design engineer. Most Solaris users use it in a professional technical environment. They're looking for the fastest way to find a needed command so they can get on with their work. The Solaris Essential Reference assumes that you're well versed in general UNIX skills and simply need some pointers on how to get the most out of Solaris. This book provides clear and concise instruction on how to perform important administration and management tasks, and use some of the more powerful commands and more advanced topics. It includes the best way to implement the most frequently used commands, deal with shell scripting, administer your own system, and utilize effective security. Bonus coverage includes information on third-party software packages available for Solaris that are essential to operating a good system. Such applications are pico, pine, top, TCP Wrappers, and more.
From the Publisher
Indispensable for every Solaris userThis compact guide to Solaris captures distilled and refined information for the Solaris accomplished user with its command and task packed pages. With coverage ranging from text editors to security issues, Solaris Essential Reference breaks Sun's OS down into key conceptual areas, making quick reference work even quicker.
This speed and flexibility is derived from the author's care with the layout of the book. Utilizing convenient referential aids such as concise descriptions, useful examples, complete command tables, descriptive jump-tables and helpful cross-references, this portable volume is the ultimate Solaris reference. A must-have for any Solaris user. If you're looking for the fastest, most comprehensive guide to Solaris, this book will help you: find the right command, compare and contrast different shells, uncover clandestine hacks and tricks, and dissect and master your most frequently used commands.
