Linux Pocket Guide

Linux Bible, 2005 Edition

Linux Cookbook

Unix

A Practical Guide to Linux(R) Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming

Format: Paperback
Author: Mark G. Sobell
ReleaseDate: 01 July, 2005
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Rating:

Excellent introduction to commands,shells and editors
The author has done an excellent job presenting the chapters, from the basics to more advanced, gradually building on the concepts learned, in a simple, easy-to-read text. If you are a beginner/intermediate linux user in need of tutorial style treatment of commands, editors and shell programming then look no further. This book shines in explaining the commands with relevant examples and differs from the others in not being a printed man pages. The author also details the subtleties of shell (bash and tc) and shell commands where appropriate. The chapters on sed and gawk are invaluable, so are the chapters on vim and emacs. This book also doubles as an excellent command reference - Part 5 of the book is dedicated to this.

This book neither teaches you nor is intended to teach the nuances of mounting/unmounting devices, loading modules, managing disks and partitions, runlevels, boot sequences and boot loaders, networking, user administration and such. Linux administrator handbook by Evi Nemeth et al and How Linux Works by Brian Ward fills this gap nicely.

The verdict:
Reads so well cover to cover. Highly recommended for beginners.

review of A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
. Clear, concise, and comprehensive.

Watch your options!
Yes it is pricey but you're getting precisely what you have been paying for. It is good book, decent reference but if you like I'm just starting out get "UNIX Essentials and UNIX Core" DVD course. I found this book to be great but in the same time I found the DVD course to be unmatched. The ability to sit down and listen and watch and follow is can not be substituted with a book. If you are more on economy side, I found that there's no economy as I'm now of the subjects that with book like that, or with any other book it would take me forever to come up.
I read this book (along with other dozens) in a train to refresh and to get slightly different prospective however the TRAINING is with DVD as it pays back way faster.
I give these book 5 stars because it is nice book, and comparing apple to apples it is one good, useful book.