A Practical Guide to Linux(R) Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming

A Practical Guide to Linux(R) Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming

"The Most Useful Linux Tutorial and Reference Ever, with Hundreds of High-Quality Examples Covering Every Linux Distribution!"

To be a true Linux expert, you still must understand the command line and Linux shells. Now Mark Sobell has compiled all that knowledge into one superb book. Part tutorial, part reference, this book focuses on the commands, utilities, and techniques needed by every serious Linux user.

What's in here? A tabbed reference to more than 80 key utilities (aspell, chmod, dd, ftp, gzip, ls, make, ssh, sort, tar, and scores more). Clear introductions to the Linux programming environment; to vi and emacs; to gawk and sed; to Linux shells (programming them and leveraging them from the command line).

This book supports any Linux distribution: no need to swap books when you swap distros. But what really sets it apart is Sobell’s clarity and the richness of his examples. Don’t waste time with man pages when there's such a good alternative.

In this guide, the author of many Linux and UNIX books explains how to work with all recent versions of the Linux operating system from the command line. Introductory chapters introduce this open source software alternative to Microsoft Windows. For experienced users, Sobell offers practical examples, tutorials, tips, and resources on Linux tools. He includes a glossary and appended material on regular expressions used by various utilities, troubleshooting, and ways to keep the system updated. Web site support is available.