Re: [MLUG] UNIX Shells by Example

[Ian Scott <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

At 09:06 AM 11/7/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>I just received an ad from Amazon for this book.  It's a new edition, 30%
>off right now, and it's a 1000 page book.  It looks like most readers
>liked the earlier edition a lot and thought it was a good reference.

I've used this book's cousin, "Linux Shells by Example."  It is a pretty 
decent reference, but the Linux version has an awful lot of filler 
material.  I haven't seen the UNIX edition, so I can't comment on it.  Some 
of the examples are a little confusing and vague, but that's mainly due to 
some problems with layout and editing.

In any case, it's the book that I used when learning how to really use 
bash, awk, and sed.  Due to this trio I honestly don't do much perl 
scripting at work any more.  Shell seems much more fun and UNIXy -- using a 
lot of neat little specialized tools together.

Ian

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