Easy Linux Commands: Working Examples of Linux Command Syntax [Paperback]

Jon Emmons (Author), Terry Clark (Author), Don Burleson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2006 | Series: Easy Linux

Linux newbies as well as experienced system administrators who need a command reference will appreciate this guide to Linux commands. Working examples for maintaining any Linux server are included. Administrator commands, CPU and RAM commands, disk and file system commands, file locations, permission commands, and Linux scripting are covered in detail.

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About the Author

Terry Clark is an Oracle Certified DBA and has been certified in client-server and LAN technologies by DePaul University. He has written articles for publications such as Oracle Internals Magazine. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Rampant Techpress (October 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975913506
• ISBN-13: 978-0975913505
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best quick hit guide for Linux commands, February 20, 2007

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Ben Prusinski (San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Linux Commands: Working Examples of Linux Command Syntax (Paperback)

After wading through a maze of complex Linux tomes that are geared toward experienced Unix administrators, I finally found an excellent tips and tricks guide that can walk a novice through the maze of Unix commands. This book is easy to follow and makes using Linux operating system a breeze rather than a painful austerity. Highly recommended!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction to a command-line OS, April 2, 2007

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Robert Vollman (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Linux Commands: Working Examples of Linux Command Syntax (Paperback)

My shelf is full of technical books on a variety of topics, including Linux. But there have been times when someone new to the IT world will ask me for a book to get them started in a particular area. Alas, most of my books are thousand-page, exhaustively-detailed volumes that would be so inaccessible that the only use a beginner could get out of it would be to kill a few spiders.

But now, thanks to Jon Emmons and Terry Clark, I finally have a book I can give a young student, or a previously "Windows-only" PC user. "Easy Linux Commands" is just what it claims to be: an easy introduction to the command-line world.

Being easy to read and accessible is this book's chief selling point. The book is not only under 200 pages, with lots of pictures, big text and barely 30 lines per page, but it's also structured in the exact same familiar fashion as countless other books. Furthermore, I don't find the author's style overly technical. His writing style is very informal and almost conversational. Judge for yourself by visiting his blog "Life After Coffee," where he occasionally includes excerpts from the book. In fact, if something is not clear, Jon Emmons is very accessible and answers questions quickly and happily.

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Also notice that I said this books introduces you to the command-line world, not Linux. I said that for two reasons:
1. Almost everything in this books applies equally well to Unix. Very little in this book is actually Linux-specific.
2. Even though Linux has graphical user interfaces, like Gnome and KDE, this book covers command-line Linux only.

One word of caution. Don't be thrown by the "Become a Linux Command Guru" picture stamped on the front cover. You won't be a guru. This covers the basics, and only a little more. But this book will get you past square one and allow you to use some of those big books for becoming a guru (instead of an exterminator).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Easy Linux Commands, February 23, 2009

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Stephen W. Conners (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Linux Commands: Working Examples of Linux Command Syntax (Paperback)

I consider myself an average Linux user and not an expect. I found this book to be very good for beginners as well as a quick reference guide for an expert. The book is logically organized and covers the most used (and needed) commands. Each command has a break down of how it works and then gives examples. One of the things that really impressed me is how concise explanations were. There is a great balance between giving enough information and bogging you down with every possible detail. This is the type of book that is great to read while you are sitting at your computer. Read a few paragraphs and then tryout the examples.