Unix in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

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• I took a UNIX class twelve years ago and the instructor referred to the various UNIX versions around at that time as the "31 flavors of UNIX." Since then, we've seen LINUX (and its various versions), Mac OS and Sun Solaris among others also appear. So...
   
• This is in my opinion the best UNIX reference book on the market today. If you need to program or work in the OS you should own this book.
   
• The book has almost 600 pages. Lots of the stuff you need to know, but can never totally remember is here. I still use the earlier edition of this book as a easy to use reference for UNIX/Linux. It works well in a variety of UNIX flavors. It can be used...
   
• I've bought every edition of this book, and I'm happy to keep buying updates. The new edition has a lot of current stuff like subversion and Linux. Don't compute without it.
   
• I still use the first edition of this book as a compact, easy to use reference for UNIX. It works well in a variety of UNIX flavors. It provides useful examples. It is a very good resource for the computer professional who needs to use unix from time to...

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