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Teach Yourself Unix, Third Edition, does a fair job of explaining commands to newer users, but truly distinguishes itself with its attention to C and Perl programming. The book also contains a good command reference and glossary but loses some credibility with the appearance of several errors.
Teach Yourself Unix, Third Edition, would serve the reader better if it used different section-titling conventions. For example, "Using the -R Option with Ls" tells the reader nothing; something like "Listing Files in Subdirectories," which is what the -R switch is used for, would be better.
This book also suffers from some production problems. The sections about cc, the C compiler, consistently call the program Cc in their headings. The command ls gets called Ls in headings. Though this clearly is the work of a publishing package that puts headings into title case, Unix is case-sensitive and typing Cc in place of cc or Ls in place of ls will usually cause an error.
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Eric Foster-Johnson is a veteran programmer and computer book author. Faced with incompatible and problematic systems, his main goal is to ensure others don't experience the same pains he did. His books include Cross-Platform Perl, Graphical Applications with Tcl and Tk, and UNIX Programming Tools.; Kevin Reichard is the author of 24 books for IDG Books Worldwide, including Linux Configuration and Installation and UNIX in Plain English. He's the Web Advisor columnist for Performance Computing.
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