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Designed for first-time and experienced users, this book describes the UNIX® programming environment and philosophy in detail. Readers will gain an understanding not only of how to use the system, its components, and the programs, but also how these fit into the total environment.

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Designed for first-time and experienced users, this book describes the UNIX®programming environment and philosophy in detail. Readers will gain an understanding not only of how to use the system, its components, and the programs, but also how these fit into the total environment.

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Designed for first-time and experienced users, this book describes the UNIX® programming environment and philosophy in detail.Readers will gain an understanding not only of how to use the system, its components, and the programs, but also how these fit into the total environment.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prentice-Hall; 1st edition (November 1, 1983)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 013937681X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0139376818
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.16 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches

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Tom Johnson

The UNIX Programming Environment, by Kernighan and Pike, is a classic book describing how to use the UNIX/Linux os environment.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 9, 2017

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Brian W. Kernighan, of Bell Labs, was/is a prolific author to technical books on software development.
"The UNIX Programming Environment" shows the UNIX/Linux user how to get around
on a UNIX/Linux system using the command line.
Although the use of graphical user interfaces (GUI) have increased in popularity and functionality,
the ability to use the command line interface (CLI) is still a very powerful way to access the computer.

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PeterJThaggard

A timeless oldie-but-goodie that I recommend for every serious developer

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 8, 2016

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A must have for anybody who really wants to get into the mindset of a developer living in a Unix/Linux world. I bought this copy of the book to give to a friend of mine who is a great java developer, but his lack of Unix/Shell knowledge was really holding him back at work. After only a week I am already noticing that he is much more efficient working on our Linux machines at work.

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UN HA KIM

Nice classic.

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Nice classic.
In the fast moving computer industry, it is surprising that this old book still have relevant information for Unix.
Authors are researchers from AT&T lab at the time and can feel the breath of OS creating research power.
Unix is mostly regarded as unfriendly for Windows users.
But, while reading this book, Unix feels easy and simple.
I got to like the idea of pipe.
It is ancient component model in text mode.

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Charisse

Essential reading for sys admins

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While it was written in 1984 - it cover the roots of unix when it was a simpler operating system. Thus, there are basics covered I feel are not easy to glean nowadays - details of quoting and command line atoms, how the control keys work, and my favorite - anonymous file handles. For the 4 chapters I have read so far, it has helped me immensely.

It is not for the beginner unix person - some frustration must be experienced at the command line to really appreciate this book.

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S. Ford

Still useful after all these years

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This book is rather dated, but I have to say that I haven't seen another book which is as succinct and usable as this one. The professional should get Stevens' "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment", but for the occasional user, that book is way too intimidating. I think this book wears its years well.

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Chris G. Sebastian

Old, but Still Relavent

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This book is truly amazing. This book is older than me, and yet it still is able to provide valuable insight into today's Linux systems.

Being a Kerninghan book, the writing style is clean, simple, logical, and easy-to-follow. It's an excellent first or second book for new Unix users. It also provides good background/motivational information, which helps you to understand why things are the way they are.

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One of the most influential technical books ever written

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In addition to providing a broad, albeit detailed introduction to UNIX, this book contains some of the most well-written and documented C code for students of the language. One chapter illustrates the construction of a simple calculator which gradually evolves into a stack-based virtual machine with a lex/yacc-based instruction set interpreter. The reader is guided through both the theory and practice of software design by demonstrating the almost "organic" growth of a complex software system out of a simpler one.
A definite must read.

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Dennis Blondell Decker

A classic

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I finally got around to get this classic. So many years later it still is a testament to the simple style of both usage, style, and implementation that characterizes genuine Unix. It ought to be a requirement to programmers to have read this, in order to understand how to build up not only small tools but big applications piecemeal. The most important point of the book to take away is the idea of the software environment as inhabitable, your programs and modules living in the environment where you can piece together the applications needed rather than a stiff, finished, prepared environment where you can do nothing not already thought out in advance for you and your needs.

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Joss

Timeless, very useful.

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The edition I bought was published in the mid 1980s. It goes to show, UNIX is pretty rock solid, & is proven technology, the essence of which has remained unchanged for years. This book is easy to understand &, despite it's age, is still very relevant to up to date UNIX systems.

There may be differences in commands depending on what distro you are running (Ubuntu/Fedora/ArchLinux etc) but nothing a bit of Googling won't take care of I'm sure.

This book is a great place to start learning the system from the bottom up & the inside out. If I can learn it, anyone can.

Mr. I. G. Cain

A great introduction to programming for the Unix OS

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 19, 2015

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A great introduction to programming for the Unix OS. Not the longest of books by any means, but what is there is clearly presented and well explained.

Ignacio Escudero Rivera

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 30, 2015

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 22, 2015

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