Just Enough UNIX [Paperback]

Paul Andersen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0072952970 | ISBN-13: 978-0072952971 | Edition: 5

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 5 edition (January 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072952970
• ISBN-13: 978-0072952971
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #551,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent beginner's guide, May 1, 2001

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"rgurudev" (Redwood City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Enough Unix (Paperback)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but a little outdated., July 23, 2007

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T. DelVecchio (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Enough UNIX (Paperback)

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.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars traditional text-based unix, October 3, 2005

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W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Enough UNIX (Paperback)

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.