Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 357 pages
- Published by: Prentice Hall; New Ed edition March 1984
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 013937681X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0139376818
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
The publisher, Prentice-Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics
Designed for first-time and experienced users, this book describes the UNIX®programming environment and philosophy in detail. Readers will gain an understanding not only of how to use the system, its components, and the programs, but also how these fit into the total environment.
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Designed for first-time and experienced users, this book describes the UNIX® programming environment and philosophy in detail.Readers will gain an understanding not only of how to use the system, its components, and the programs, but also how these fit into the total environment.
Reader Reviews
How is it that a book from 1984 based on a legacy Unix system, describing some tools that no one would now use, can still not only be in print but actually recommended? In introducing you to the Unix system, from simple shell commands, to shell scripts, to awk and sed programming, and to Unix applications programming, not to mention the best introduction to lex and yacc, the authors develop real applications and teach you how to THINK in Unix terms: develop small components that fit and interact with each other to build larger and larger and more complex applications. But it's more than just thinking in Unix terms: it's how to structure and approach programs and scripts no matter what environment you are in. Stevenson's _Advanced Programming In the Unix Environment_ is an excellent book for coverage. I have it too. But _The Unix Programming Environment_ is a book for developing your software mentality in a way that no other book that I've read even approaches. After twenty years as a Unix programmer, including kernel development of several Unix operating systems, this book still remains on my shelf.
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