If I was going to go to O'Reilly I would get the CD bookshelf. It
comes with the Nutshell in hardcopy I believe. Of course you have
to be the type that does not mind reading online (or the type that
will print out the book). Their learning book is always included
and usually quite good. It is
Hamid,
I use the Unix in a nutshell by O'Reilly (ISBN 1-56592-427-4). It pretty
much covers all of the basics.
Cheers,
Kev.
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Hi,
Anybody knows any good book for Unix Beginner people, If yes Please
-- Hamid Alavi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Anybody knows any good book for Unix Beginner people, If yes Please let me
know
I really appreciate
O'Reilly Press has several, Learning Unix is probbly
a good place to start. Learning to Use the VI Editor
is probbly another good item.
--
Steven
Hamid - I agree with Kevin that Unix in a nutshell is an excellent book and
I use it all the time. Highly recommended. However, it is more a reference
book. If you already have a basic understanding of Unix, everything is
there. I have found beginners sometimes need something that is more a
O'Reilly has a CD Bookshelf of 6 Unix books. Very good and priced right.
It has the books already mentioned as well as others like Learning the Korn
Shell and sed awk. I have found it very useful.
Nancy
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Lembark
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:25 AM
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O'Reilly now publishes a Pocket Reference called Unix for Oracle DBAs that
might be helpful to you.
I use Unix in a Nutshell by O'Reilly quite a bit for basic DBA stuff.
Cherie Machler
Oracle DBA
Gelco Information Network
It may be a mistake to consider yourself a UNIX beginner.
You can buy many books aimed at beginners, but they mainly attempt to teach
you many commands you can issue from the command line.
Even if you're a rank beginner, I'd suggest the book on the Korn Shell from
O'Reilly publishing. It's
