Shell

Unix Shell Programming Tools (Unix Tools)

Format: Paperback
Author: David Medinets
ReleaseDate: 22 February, 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Rating:

sh != bash && linux != unix
I'm sorry I ever got this book. The Bourne Again Shell isn't even standard on unix systems and the constant mention of linux as something synonomous is just pathetic. Get UNIX Power Tools instead. It costs a few bucks more, but this book is pathetic. If you want to learn to use shell scripts on multiple platforms, this isn't the book. It's strongly GNU/Linux orientated, but that won't help you in the real world with unix OS's.

Great book, and good examples.
I highly recommend it. This book is very well done, and has many good code examples.

A decent enough reference, but not recommended for beginners
However, I wouldn't recommend it for beginners to programming in these languages, since his explanations of many topics is rather turgid and unclear. This book has a lot of reference info on Bash, Perl, and Tcl/Tk commands and options, especially lots of tables. In addition, the number of typos and just plain errors is unacceptably high for a book that puports to show beginners how to do shell programming. Overall, a good book for the reference shelf, but only for those who already have some knowledge of this kind of programming.