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Unix in a Nutshell is not for the faint-hearted. It tries to be a concise reference on Unix but ends up being incomplete (esp. with regard to Linux). A lot of commands are explained cursorily without complete options or examples. The presentation is often confusing; witness the chapters on shell programming. If you know nothing about Unix, don’t even consider this book; it’ll get you nowhere and more frustrate than ever. If you already know Unix you can find better and more accurate Unix references elsewhere.
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