No, no, no! Learn csh and ksh first!!! ;) Seriously, Bourne would be good to learn, but I'd also recommend being familiar with csh and/or ksh as well. Esp. in a mixed *nix environment as the one I have.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: Linux/UNIX book recommendations needed On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 02:19 PM, Jason Tower wrote: > i'd also suggest a good book on [bash|shell] scripting, which is > important on > all *nixes. o'reilly is probably the best bet. Fair warning to the newbies: bash is a great shell to learn, but learn bourne before anything else; you can always count on bourne shell being there on a new machine but not bash. -- C. Magnus Hedemark http://trilug.org/~chrish PGP Key fingerprint = 984D 9A88 3D60 016F BE01 1506 60FB 85E1 9ABD 96F6 -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
