Teach Yourself Unix in a Week (Teach Yourself in a Week) [Paperback]

Dave Taylor (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672304643 | ISBN-13: 978-0672304644 | Publication Date: February 23, 1994 | Edition: 1

This teach-yourself tutorial is designed to take readers from novices to experienced users in just seven days. All the major releases are explored, as well as UNIX features, commands, and tools, for immediate productivity in the UNIX environment.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Is it possible to learn any computer language in a week? Especially UNIX? Taylor gives it the old college try in this weighty book, which if nothing else will improve the strength of your wrists and forearms in seven days. Taylor tackles UNIX in 21 chapters and includes a calendar in the front cover to convince you that you will cover three chapters a day and survive. Each chapter explains the goals, summarizes your efforts, and quizzes you at the end (answers are provided at the back of the book). The massive amount of information provided in each educational unit is well organized, but the text, comments, and commands are nearly unreadable for tired eyes. Perhaps less information and a different physical format with kinder font choices would have produced a winner. This book might be better suited to those ready to tackle a specific topic at a more leisurely pace or as a ready reference for those new to UNIX.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover

This teach-yourself tutorial is designed to take readers from novices to experienced users in just seven days. All the major releases are explored, as well as UNIX features, commands, and tools, for immediate productivity in the UNIX environment.

Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Sams Publishing; 1 edition (February 23, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672304643
• ISBN-13: 978-0672304644
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,763,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet since 1980 and is widely recognized as an expert on both technical and business issues. He has been published over a thousand times, launched four Internet-related startup companies, has written twenty business and technical books and holds both an MBA and MS Ed. In addition to being a busy writer and blogger, Dave is also a top-rated speaker, sought after conference and workshop participant and frequent guest on radio and podcast programs.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Reference!, March 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Unix in a Week (Teach Yourself in a Week) (Paperback)

This book is great! I especialy enjoyed the section on vi. An extreemly helpful book, even though I've been using unix for almost 10 years, I learned some new tricks. I recommend it to anyone who needs to learn unix. My customers who need telnet access or wnat to have their own server for example. The only reason it didn't get 5 stars is that the author sometimes talks down to the reader. And his humor is too dry for my taste.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a bargain!, May 11, 2004

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"existentist" (Lubbock, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Unix in a Week (Teach Yourself in a Week) (Paperback)

This book teaches Unix fundamentals: commands, best practices, and a bit of history.

If you're familiar with Unix, you can read the chapters in whichever order you prefer; otherwise, read the chapters in sequential order as the commands, lessons, and techniques build upon one another.

To Taylor's credit, he teaches Unix while lowering its 'intimidation quotient'.

I highly recommend this book (especially for the price -- learn Unix on the cheap).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book for Unix beginners., October 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Unix in a Week (Teach Yourself in a Week) (Paperback)

This book is written in simple language and covers most of basic commands you need to know.