Product: 0596100299

I’m taking a Introduction to Linux class. Its been years since I worked in a Unix environment, and I didn’t want to spend a ton of money on a reference book. This seems to be man pages on paper. Not a bad thing, and the commands are grouped better. It breaks out the differences between Unix, Linux, and Apple’s OS, where appropriate.

I like having this book, because when I’m in vi, for instance, I don’t want to break out of it, or open another terminal, just to look up a command, or its syntax. And, the index actually helps, because its a quick way to skim the available shell commands. With man, you have to know the command you are looking for, before you can find it.

It is thick, but it seems to be covering everything I need in this class. I don’t plan on being a ‘Nix Sys Admin, so I don’t need the material that was left out of the previous edition. If I change my mind, I can get it then.
Rating: 4
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