Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 280 pages
• Published by: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 4th ed. edition June 2, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0596009151
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0596009151
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 13.4 ounces

Reader Reviews
This is primarily a "Unix 101" book. I would approximate that about half of the book is general Unix information that applies to all Unix/Linux variants. The other half goes over how to use these commands with Tiger. It's not a big book and doesn't go into great detail, rather it gives short introductions to Unix utilities. For example, entire books are written on grep and regular expressions, but here there are only seven pages or so devoted to this topic. If you're already pretty comfortable with Unix, you may want to check out a different book (Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks, for example). I liked (and wish there had been more of) the information on mdls and mdfind, which gives you command line access to Spotlight metadata information. I think the chapters on X11 and Fink, while interesting, might be a little too advanced for the beginner. In my opinion, there isn't enough information on X11 and you should be pretty comfortable with Unix before diving into Fink. If you've never opened up Terminal to get a glimpse of Tiger's Unix capabilities, this is a great introduction. Just be careful with the sudo command! :) Comment | | (Report this)