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

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• I recently was fortunate enough to receive a review copy of this book from Prentice Hall publishers, and am happy to submit this review. I found this very large volume (1008 pages!) to be quite interesting and a valuable source of information for both...
   
• For some people knowing how to do something through a graphical interface is akin to knowing how to drive without knowing how an engine, transmission, etc. work together to make the car run. For them knowing how to get down to the command line and get...
   
• As a newcomer to Unix and Linux operating systems, I just needed a reference so I could be productive enough to perform tasks without relying on others. The book enabled me to do this. I read the other reviews about how the book works for both beginner...
   
• This is a very nice book for novice unix users. This book put everything in perspective/context. It starts with a short history of Linux/Unix/GNU and the relation between each other. It is also a very complete book. It covers the main commands, editors,...
   
• This book is the best distro-agnostic foundational Linux reference I've ever seen, out of dozens of Linux-related books I've read. It's a constant battle to find a good Linux book that isn't wedded implicitly or explicitly to a specific distribution...

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