UNIX end-users desperately need an up-to-date reference guide with real depth: one that teaches UNIX commands rather than just listing them. In UNIX User's Guide, Second Edition, best-selling UNIX author Marty Poniatowski covers every topic UNIX users need to master, with clarity and real-world examples. This thoroughly updated book will serve the needs of any UNIX user -- whether they are working with Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, or any other leading platform. In this Second Edition, Poniatowski provides even faster, easier access to information, while adding extensive coverage of key UNIX tasks and tools. This book covers virtually every skill end-users need to have. Coverage includes: login, mail, file management, end-user system administration commands, the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), built-in tools, and much more. Poniatowski reviews key options for UNIX/Windows interoperability, including NFS, Samba, X Windows, and POSIX commands. He presents the fundamentals of shell programming with Bash, Korn, and C; introductions to powerful Unix tools such as grep, sed, and awk; key vi skills; and the basics of development with C, C++, and Java. The book's accompanying CD-ROM includes GlancePlus performance management trialware, X Window-based CBT software, and a new UNIX CBT training module.
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Applications come and applications go, but Unix remains a constant force. Knowledge of this reliable, eminently scalable operating system will never go out of style, and you'll never regret having a high-quality Unix reference like Unix User's Handbook around. This supersized, hardback volume contains (in a logical structure) everything you need to know in order to become a Unix guru. Which means that by having this book around, you can do a reasonable job of faking your guru status until you absorb the body of Unix knowledge. Marty Poniatowski has done a great job of integrating straight type-this-to-get-that tutorial material with more holistic text about Unix's design.
A typical chapter begins with a command you can issue at the command prompt. The text then explains the command's output, what it means, and how it fits into the larger Unix scheme. The chapter then expands individual points of its explanation with further digressions into other commands, with tables that explain alternate syntax and switches as appropriate (the book includes some helpful diagrams, too, but its screen shots of graphical interfaces are of poor quality). You can learn a lot by reading the chapters straight through, or in most cases you can rely on the index to steer you right to the explanation you want. This book doesn't attempt to rebuild Rome, by the way. Each chapter concludes with the HP-UX man pages for commands discussed there (the contents of the man pages, however, aren't indexed). The chapter on the fundamentals of software development with C and the one on TCP/IP networking are both particularly strong, making this a great buy. --David Wall
Topics covered: The Unix operating system (generically, with perhaps a slight tint of HP-UX), treated comprehensively for the benefit of new users in need of introductions and more accomplished users who need a reference. Chapters deal with the file system, several shells (bash, korn, and c), the vi text editor, network setup and management, and graphical user interfaces. A couple of excellent chapters introduce the reader to Windows NT integration (with Samba, among other tools) and Unix software development. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Perhaps the ultimate guide to the powerful operating system on which the more newsworthy Linux system is based."The bookseller, August 2001
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Marty Poniatowski is the Chief Technology Officer managing all pre-sales and consulting technical experts at Computer Design and Integration LLC. Marty leads the Professional Services Group that includes numerous practices that perform project-related consulting as well as staff augmentation. The pre-sales team of experts craft complex solutions for customers using the latest available technologies.
Marty is responsible not only for the teams he manages but also keeping abreast of all industry trends and technologies. Foundations of Green IT: Consolidation, Virtualization, Efficiency, and ROI in the Data Center was written in conjunction with many members of Marty's technical staff. This book covers all key technologies that CDI implements in client environments, including many key assessments that result in a quick ROI.
Prior to joining CDI, Marty was a Principal Solution Architect and a published author with Hewlett-Packard Company for 20 years in the New York area. He has worked with hundreds of Hewlett-Packard customers in many industries, including financial services, pharmaceutical, health care, media and entertainment, consulting services, Internet startups, and manufacturing.
Marty began his career as an Electrical Design Engineer on military computer systems at United Technologies Corporation. He performed numerous designs in this position, including his first chip-level design.
Before joining HP, Marty was the manager of a design group at startup Canaan Computer Corporation. Marty performed chip and board level computer design and managed the design group in this position.
Marty has been widely published in computer industry trade publications, including over 50 articles on various computer-related topics. He is also the author of 16 Prentice-Hall and one self-published book on computer-related topics.
Marty holds an M.S. in Information Systems from New York University (NYU) Polytechnic Institute (NY, NY), an M.S. in Management from the University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT), and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI).
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Marty is responsible not only for the teams he manages but also keeping abreast of all industry trends and technologies. Foundations of Green IT: Consolidation, Virtualization, Efficiency, and ROI in the Data Center was written in conjunction with many members of Marty's technical staff. This book covers all key technologies that CDI implements in client environments, including many key assessments that result in a quick ROI.
Prior to joining CDI, Marty was a Principal Solution Architect and a published author with Hewlett-Packard Company for 20 years in the New York area. He has worked with hundreds of Hewlett-Packard customers in many industries, including financial services, pharmaceutical, health care, media and entertainment, consulting services, Internet startups, and manufacturing.
Marty began his career as an Electrical Design Engineer on military computer systems at United Technologies Corporation. He performed numerous designs in this position, including his first chip-level design.
Before joining HP, Marty was the manager of a design group at startup Canaan Computer Corporation. Marty performed chip and board level computer design and managed the design group in this position.
Marty has been widely published in computer industry trade publications, including over 50 articles on various computer-related topics. He is also the author of 16 Prentice-Hall and one self-published book on computer-related topics.
Marty holds an M.S. in Information Systems from New York University (NYU) Polytechnic Institute (NY, NY), an M.S. in Management from the University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT), and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI).
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Awesome!,
By Dan (NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: UNIX User's Handbook (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
I'm surprised how much content was put in this book. They did an excellent job on covering a wide array of topics: Unix commands, XWindow System, File/Dir System, tools, Shell Programming, KornShell, C, and Bash environment, Samba, and Internet Programming. It also dedicates some time with C++, Perl, and Java, which made me happy. A plus for man documantion listings. My only grudge is the index, which could've been bigger and more detailed when searching specific topics on the fly.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Book!,
By leam (South Brunswick, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: UNIX User's Handbook (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
Perfect for pointing my junior SA's in the right direction! The shell chapters let them get more detail on the user environment, the administration and performance sections provide them a taste of real SA work, and the introductory chapters on programming give them a solid foothold on the way to deep unix.I'm particularly happy with the included man pages. Too many books just give a short blurb on a command; reading the man page can open greater opportunities. I recommend this book for any low-mid level unix admin. If you're a supervisor or manager, get one for all your SA's!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Easy to Use,
By Patti Harris (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: UNIX User's Handbook (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
This book contains good, practical, and useful information. It is both a good book to read through, and a good reference tool. It contains alot of information that is used on a regular basis. It also teaches some neat commands that you might not normally use, but would save you lots of time to know them. Having been a UNIX Administrator for almost 10 years, I would recommend this book both to new and experienced users.
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