Just Enough UNIX
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Book Overview
Just Enough UNIX provides a quick and gentle introduction to the UNIX operating system. The fifth edition of this highly successful text reflects changes and updates to the UNIX curriculum that have taken place since the publication of the fourth edition. The book is written in a clear, straightforward style that avoids unnecessary jargon. This short, yet comprehensive text covers the basics of UNIX. It can be used in both a freshman engineering course or to supplement other courses where the student needs to learn UNIX for the first time. The book is enhanced by strong pedagogical tools that will be very useful to those in the classroom, as well as those engaged in self-study.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0072952970
ISBN13:9780072952971
Release Date:January 2005
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Length:596 Pages
Weight:2.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Good but a little outdated.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book is nicely organized and well-written, but many people may be better served by online tutorials or a more modern book on their specific OS/distribution. I bought this because a course I'm taking requires us to ssh into the University's Linux server and program in the *nix environment. This book is great for learning your way around a free shell, the terminal of your favorite distro, or even cygwin. However if you are looking for a book to teach you to use a modern Linux distro, complete with GUI, this is probably not the book for you. And since much of this info is available on the net, I wouldn't recommend paying the list price.
traditional text-based unix
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Not a flashy book at all. The unix Andersen gives you is largely the traditional workhorse version, text-based. Because that is still the focus of many unix users. Though the book has a discussion of CDE - Common Desktop Environment. But you should use that only to get to a terminal emulator. Within which, you are shown the power of many useful unix commands. Take care to understand a key idea. Many unix commands are modular, letting you pipe output from one to the input of another. Which is why shell scripting has proved so easy and popular.
Excellent beginner's guide
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This is an excellent beginner's guide to UNIX. The book explains the basics very well and the excellent exercises at the end of each chapter, helps a person apply the new knowledge to use.I would recommend this book to anybody learning UNIX for the first time.
Just Enough Unix
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A very easy to learn book for people who are new to Unix.
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