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Bash Guide for Beginners

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First of all let me say that the negative review left on this book is a pure blah. This book in different editions is a foundation of extensive knowledge for crowds of knowledgeable system administrators and advanced users. I was taking different books and DVD trainings on the subject and must say it is very good book for intelligent reader. I guess this review is part of the "book war" just to lower scores of competitors to increase someone else's sales (he published the same nonsense on another edition of the book).
There's no doubt it is technical book and should be treated and judged as such. I found the book is to be well organized, the examples are tested and working (that is rare) and I enjoyed it as much as another Machtelt's book on Linux.
What I especially like about this book it does not treat you like an idiot. You are addressed in professional terms, the terms are explained, all the tools becoming clear and it actually open the road for reading more advanced literature on the subject. There are plenty of books around there on the subject but few are written by real professional, by people who reached that level of professional vision that allows them to communicate the subject as knowledge, not just as workbook or bunch of examples.
This is excellent book for thinking and intelligent beginner who seeks the real beefy knowledge, not just beating around the bush. Highly recommended!

Not a good book for beginners! Especially at a College. The material is poorly presented and the exercises at the end of the chapters do not reenforce the material. Most examples do not work. NOT FOR BEGINNERS!

I have several hundred technical books on my bookshelf acquired over many years of my career as a professional instrument and control engineer.I have never read a technical book so badly written as "Bash Guide for Beginners". The writing is unstructured and chaotic, and would confuse an experienced programmer let alone a beginner. It should be taken off the bookshelves. Not recommended--I am returning the book.