UNIX Power Tools (In a Nutshell)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 1162 pages
• Published by: O'Reilly
• Edition: 1st Edition March 13, 1993
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 067979073X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0679790730
• Book Dimensions: 7.2 x 7 x 2 inches
• Weighs: 2.8 pounds

Product Review
UNIX documentation typically comes in one of two flavors: at one extreme, light and fluffy books that assume you are a terrified PC user who requirements to learn enough UNIX to get by at work, or massive and unusual tomes written for gurus, and indistinguishable from the most incomprehensible man pages.

This UNIX book, in contrast, assumes that you are basically a competent and intelligent individual, and that you are sufficiently secure in your self-image at work that you simply want to get things done, simply, by taking advantage of the real power of UNIX without having to learn "man-speak". It doesn't skimp on clear introductions and overviews, but the focus of the book is on practical examples of the most useful UNIX commands and utilities. A minor quibble: the enclosed CD-ROM is a bit heavy with utilities and packages that are probably already resident on your UNIX system (like Perl, Emacs, pbmplus), but it does contain scripts that are used throughout the book and that you'd probably rather not type in. Highly recommended for anyone who really wants to use UNIX, and not just cower or pose.

Book Description
Book/CD package that is the ultimate "tips and techniques" book for the Unix operating system. CD-ROM is packed with utilities and scripts. Solves commonly encountered problems.

Reader Reviews
This is one of the greatest computer books I've ever owned. If you are a beginner, you can open this book, and find all kinds of great tools and techniques you never knew about before. Everything is described briefly, in just a page or two, so you can immediately get something out of it. If you are more advanced, you will find yourself flipping through pages, saying, "Yes, I knew that. Yes, I knew that. Oh, I didn't know that!" This book is jam packed with tips, techniques and tutorials. If you're a serious UNIX user or shell programmer, this is an extremely handy book to have around. It's only negative might be that there is just so much in here, it is sometimes overwhelming. On the up side, there is an excellent index at the back. Comment | | (Report this)