Product: The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction

If you just did your first fresh install of a nix OS and you have no idea of how to use at all and you are very bored, you should buy the Linux Command Line and read it every day and you will be proficient in operating any nix system effectively at least by the end of the month. The Linux Command Line is a fine introductory book to the Linux Command Line, but it is 432 pages long and the primary subject is basic commands. Chapter seven is ten pages long and it only discusses the echo command. I would only recommend reading this book if you are an entirely new user to linux and if you have at least two weeks with nothing else to do but read this book.

I am currently reading this book now. Each chapter gives an extensive explanation for each command with exercises at the end. It takes an hour of my day to learn things like which and cp and mv and it feels like it will never end. This is truly tedious. Each chapter could be halved because it doesn’t teach anything to the effect of bash scripting in depth at all. It actually only gives an outline of the basic commands and using the linux terminal.

That being said, I would still recommend this to new users with the condition that they have enough time to use it each day and the determination to finish it. For instance, I would give this to a twelve year old during summer break or a house wife to study it while the kids school. It also provides a good platform for learning more advanced nix skills like bash scripting and the kernel.

But for more experienced users, it’s probably easier to just read Linux Pocket Guide: Essential Commands.
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