re: Book recommendations for shell commands and programming

[<PC Venkatesh occ treas gov> (PC Venkatesh)]

I'm a newcomer (and will probably stay in that state forever!!).  I liked 
Richard Petersen's Linux Programmer's Reference (McGraw-Hill---a compact book 
about $18; commands organized by function, usage and intent); O'Reilly's 
Linux in a Nutshell ( commands organized  alphabetically, but more 
comprehensive); there's another truly comprehensive commands book whose name 
I can't remember---I found this too intimidating.  Also O'Reilly's Running 
Linux is a useful guide.  The innumerable How-Tos and this mailing list are 
also a very good way to learn. 
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From: "Dom Bekarge" <dbekarge netzero net>, on 09/29/1999 9:30 AM:
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Newbie question:

I'm looking for something akin to the old Running MS-DOS book by Van Wolverton,
but applicable to Unix / BSD / Linux C, Bourne and bash shells.

SAMS Linux Unleashed is a general discussion of Linux environment,
but doesn't describe all of the files (configuration tables) in the various
Linux directories, nor does it offer a reference and examples of
various bash prompt commands.

Does anyone have book recommendations for shell commands and programming?

Dom Bekarge
<dbekarge netzero net>

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