Unix Shell Programming, Third Edition

Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting

Perl by Example (3rd Edition)

sed & awk (2nd Edition)

Mastering Regular Expressions, Second Edition

Shell

UNIX(R) Shells by Example (4th Edition) (By Example)

Format: Paperback
Author: Ellie Quigley
ReleaseDate: 24 September, 2004
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Rating:

Only one word -- Excellcent!!
com. I brought a lot of books through Amazon. But nothing ever pushed me to say something here except this one. I really like its examples which give you a concrete knowledge of what is what. For example, I have tried many times to teach me the Regular Expression and everytime I knew what those syntaxs are. But when it came to the real use, I could barely come up with only a little stuffs. But this time, my experience is totally different.

Strongly recommend.

Awesome
Chapters about sed & awk are great!! Trust me, you will finally understand these ;)
Awksome :P. Absolutely great book for anyone interested in shell scripting! From the very beginning, this book explains how to write good, solid scripts with tools like flow control constructs, which are very well taught.

I use this book on a regular basis.
The author teaches classes using this book, and there is just no substitute for having examples of how the shell works and acts in given situations. As a unix system administrator of eleven years, I still refer to this book for syntax examples when going between Csh, Ksh and the Bourne shell.

I have the previous edition, and it's full of postit tags on portions I refer to most often (like the test switches. ) I recently purchased the new edition so that I'd have one copy at work and another at home. .