Was really pleased to read about your new Book. It sounds like just what a newbie needs with examples of man pages, which heretofore left me frustrated after reading. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Granneman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scott Granneman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WWWAC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:43 PM Subject: [cwe-lug] My new book - Linux Phrasebook - is out!
> I'm really proud to announce that my 3rd book is now out: Linux Phrasebook > (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672328380/). My first book - Don't > Click > on the Blue E!: Switching to Firefox - was for general readers (really!) > who > wanted to learn how to move to and use the fantastic Firefox web browser. > I > included a lot of great information for more technical users as well, but > the > focus was your average Joe. My second book - Hacking Knoppix - was for the > more advanced user who wanted to take advantage of Knoppix, a version of > Linux that runs entirely off of a CD. You don't need to be super-technical > to > use and enjoy Hacking Knoppix, but the more technical you are, the more > you'll enjoy the book. Linux Phrasebook is all about the Linux command > line, > and it's perfect for both Linux newbies and experienced users. In fact, > when > I was asked to write the book, I responded, "Write it? I can't wait to buy > it!" > > The idea behind Linux Phrasebook is to give practical examples of Linux > commands and their myriad options, with examples for everything. Too often > a > Linux user will look up a command in order to discover how it works, and > while the command and its many options will be detailed, something vitally > important will be left out: examples. That's where Linux Phrasebook comes > in. > I cover a huge number of different commands and their options, and for > every > single one, I give an example of usage and results that makes it clear how > to > use it. > > Here's the table of contents; in parentheses I've included some (just > some) of > the commands I cover in each chapter: > > 1. Things to Know About Your Command Line > 2. The Basics (ls, cd, mkdir, cp, mv, rm) > 3. Learning About Commands (man, info, whereis, apropos) > 4. Building Blocks (;, &&, |, >, >>) > 5. Viewing Files (cat, less, head, tail) > 6. Printing and Managing Print Jobs (lpr, lpq, lprm) > 7. Ownerships and Permissions (chgrp, chown, chmod) > 8. Archiving and Compression (zip, gzip, bzip2, tar) > 9. Finding Stuff: Easy (grep, locate) > 10. The find command (find) > 11. Your Shell (history, alias, set) > 12. Monitoring System Resources (ps, lsof, free, df, du) > 13. Installing software (rpm, dkpg, apt-get, yum) > 14. Connectivity (ping, traceroute, route, ifconfig, iwconfig) > 15. Working on the Network (ssh, sftp, scp, rsync, wget) > 16. Windows Networking (nmblookup, smbclient, smbmount) > > I'm really proud of the whole book, but the chapter on the super-powerful > and > useful find command is a standout, along with the material on ssh and its > descendants sftp and scp. But really, the whole book is great, and I will > definitely be keeping a copy on my desk as a reference. If you want to > know > more about the Linux command line and how to use it, then I know you'll > enjoy > and learn from Linux Phrasebook. > > You can read about and buy the book at Amazon > (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672328380/) for $10.19. If you have any > questions or comments, don't hesitate to contact me at scott at granneman > dot > com. > > Scott > -- > R. Scott Granneman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com > Full list of publications: http://www.granneman.com/publications > My new book on Firefox: Don't Click on the Blue E! > Info at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bluee/ > Read the Open Source Blog: http://opensource.weblogsinc.com > Join GranneNotes! Information at www.granneman.com > > "Children today love luxury. They have bad manners, a contempt for > authority, > a disrespect for their elders and they like to talk instead of work. They > contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up the best at > the > table and tyrannize over their teachers." > ---Socrates, ca. 500 BCE > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
