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Title: Unix Shell Programming, Third Edition by Stephen Kochan, Patrick Wood ISBN: 0-672-32490-3 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 27 February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A fairly painless, helpful introduction to UNIX scripting
Comment: "UNIX Shell Programming, 3rd Ed" (USP3E) is probably the book to buy if you're a beginning UNIX user with dreams of writing shell scripts. The book does a good job of explaining many of the key concepts needed to get real work done on UNIX systems. While readers with advanced backgrounds will prefer a book like "Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting" by Randal Michael, USP3E will please most UNIX scripting newbies.
USP3E begins with a review of the basics -- working with files and directories, redirecting input/output, pipes, and the shell itself. Chapter four's discussion of regular expressions is generally useful, although "saving matched characters" on p. 64 was confusing. This made the "command substitution" material on p. 129 unclear. Chapter six was devoted to the use of different sorts of quotes, which seems excessive until one realizes the significant differences between using single and double quotation marks in scripts. Attention to detail like this, along with generous inclusion of sample scripts, helped this book earn a strong rating.
While the book includes examples of using sed, awk is not mentioned. Sed could have received more coverage as well. While the authors direct interested readers to other books, perhaps a future edition might include chapters devoted to sed and awk? While the publisher's site doesn't mention a source for errata, it is available by contacting the authors.
Overall, I liked this book. It is up-to-date and compares favorably to the other books I consider reading to learn more about UNIX shell scripting. Armed with the knowledge gained from USP3E, readers should be equipped to automate some routine tasks. They will also be able to progress to more advanced shell scripting resources.
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Title: Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting by Randal K. Michael ISBN: 0471218219 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 31 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: UNIX Shells by Example (3rd Edition) by Ellie Quigley ISBN: 013066538X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 24 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: sed & awk (2nd Edition) by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins ISBN: 1565922255 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Unix in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for SVR4 and Solaris 7 (3rd Edition) by Arnold Robbins ISBN: 1565924274 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Unix Power Tools, Third Edition by Shelley Powers, Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly, Mike Loukides ISBN: 0596003307 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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