Teach Yourself Unix Shell Programming in 14 Days (Sams Teach Yourself) [Paperback]

Kamran Husain (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sams Teach Yourself | Publication Date: October 1994

This tutorial teaches users how to work with the features and facilities of the Bourne Shell and helps them gain a clear understanding of the Shell's capabilities for programming.

Product Details

• Paperback: 475 pages
• Publisher: Sams Publishing; 1st edition (October 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672305836
• ISBN-13: 978-0672305832
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,113,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #81 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Unix > Shell

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book Inspite of Typos, November 16, 2000

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Unix Shell Programming in 14 Days (Sams Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

I found this book rather useful, straight-forward and well written, inspite of the amount of typos which is rarely seen in a technical book. It is more useful and accessible than, say, "Teach yourself shell programming in 24 hours", which I also bought. It is worthy of a corrected edtion

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Would be pretty good but the TYPOS!!!, December 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Unix Shell Programming in 14 Days (Sams Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

It seems that this book was very well thought out. It also could really be a good book for a person who has had some shell scripting experience, however, the typos are tremendous. A person who has some shell scripting experience will be able to see the mistakes in this book, but a true beginner to shell scripting should stay away from this book, because the typos will confuse you, like they did me. Thank goodness I sought another Unix book and got the correct answers. I was so angry with the typos in this book that I emailed the author, however, I didn't get a response. The only good thing that came out of this experience is that I never buy a book unless it's at a minimum "SECOND EDITION", so that hopefully the typos are cleared up from the FIRST EDITION. If you're brand new to shell scripting, stay away from this book.

1.0 out of 5 stars My opinion, February 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Unix Shell Programming in 14 Days (Sams Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

I used this book as a textbook in a college class. It would have been totally useless except we had the instructor to fill us in on the incorrect examples on *every* page. It is obvious why it went out of print.