- ISBN13: 9780596100292
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
As an open operating system, Unix can be improved on by anyone and everyone: individuals, companies, universities, and more. As a result, the very nature of Unix has been altered over the years by numerous extensions formulated in an assortment of versions. Today, Unix encompasses everything from Sun’s Solaris to Apple’s Mac OS X and more varieties of Linux than you can easily name.
The latest edition of this bestselling reference brings Unix into the 21st century. It’s been reworked to keep current with the broader state of Unix in today’s world and highlight the strengths of this operating system in all its various flavors.
Detailing all Unix commands and options, the informative guide provides generous descriptions and examples that put those commands in context. Here are some of the new features you’ll find in Unix in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition:
- Solaris 10, the latest version of the SVR4-based operating system, GNU/Linux, and Mac OS X
- Bash shell (along with the 1988 and 1993 versions of ksh)
- tsch shell (instead of the original Berkeley csh)
- Package management programs, used for program installation on popular GNU/Linux systems, Solaris and Mac OS X
- GNU Emacs Version 21
- Introduction to source code management systems
- Concurrent versions system
- Subversion version control system
- GDB debugger
As Unix has progressed, certain commands that were once critical have fallen into disuse. To that end, the book has also dropped material that is no longer relevant, keeping it taut and current.
If you’re a Unix user or programmer, you’ll recognize the value of this complete, up-to-date Unix reference. With chapter overviews, specific examples, and detailed command.
Amazon.com Review
Unix in a Nutshell is the standard desktop reference, without question. (Manpages come in a close second.) With a clean layout and superior command tables available at a glance, O’Reilly’s third edition of Nutshell is an essential to own.
Like a dictionary, Unix in a Nutshell helps you find what you need, even if you’re not exactly sure what you’re looking for (or how to spell it!). With that in mind, this book is for intermediate to advanced users only–those new to the Unix operating system would be better off with Learning the Unix Operating System or Unix: Visual Quickstart Guide.
The last full revision of the book was in 1992, and the new edition covers Solaris 7 as well as newer versions of shells (ksh, in particular), RCS, and GNU emacs. Topping off at over 500 pages, Unix in a Nutshell contains–literally–everything you could want to know about the various commands, shells, and functions. Fifty new commands have been added to the already sizable lists, and even the most seasoned user is likely to find a discover a new timesaving command. –Jennifer Buckendorff
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Don’t buy it: 1. If you don’t need to know Unix. 2. If you don’t have questions working with Unix
3. If you have perfect memory and remember all Unix commands. Very useful as a reference book. It is a sort of a dictionary in The Unix World, but remember it is a reference book, not a text book.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
Great product and evyone needing to know Unix commands should have one around
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
If you’re already comfortable with Unix, but need to have occasional reminders, this is a swell book. It’s saved my bacon many times, and is sometimes nice to grab and read while I’m… um… away from the computer for biological reasons. I always come away thinking, “oh yeah! I’d forgotten about that. What a great idea!”
Like any O’Reilly book, it looks good and feels good in the hands, but, c’mon, it’s still just a computer book.
Amazon User Rating: 3 / 5
This book is really useful for a Unix dummy like me.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
I share the general enthusiasm for this book. This is only to register a minor complaint that I don’t see mentioned by anybody -
Namely, there is no coverage of BSD variants for common commands. Yes the book is billed “for SVR4 and Solaris”, but since OReilly no longer offers a separate version for BSD, it makes sense to merge in such content in this new edition. This reflects the real-world situation of BSD UNIXen losing influence in recent years, but by no means dead. Personally, this complaint was sparked when I had to take up some testing on an HP server and I found that this book was no help to me when it comes to wrestling with the completely different syntax of ‘ps’ to produce some specific info.
Any alternatives?
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5