UNIX in a Nutshell A Desktop

Robbins, Arnold

ISBN 10: 1565924274 / ISBN 13: 9781565924277

Published by O'Reilly Media, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: UNIX in a Nutshell A Desktop
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565924274
• ISBN 13: 9781565924277
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

You may have seen Unix quick-reference guides, but you've never seen anything like UNIX in a Nutshell. Not a scaled-down quick reference of common commands, UNIX in a Nutshell is a complete reference containing all commands and options, along with generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in context. For all but the thorniest Unix problems, this one reference should be all the documentation you need.The third edition of UNIX in a Nutshell includes thorough coverage of System V Release 4. To that, author Arnold Robbins has added the latest information about:

• Sixty new commands in The Alphabetical Summary of Commands
• Solaris 7
• Shell syntax (sh, csh, and the 1988 and 1993 versions of ksh)
• Regular expression syntax
• vi and ex commands, as well as newly updated Emacs information
• sed and awk commands
• troff and related commands and macros, with a new section on refer
• make, RCS (version 5.7), and SCCS commands

In addition, there is a new Unix bibliography to guide the reader to further reading about the Unix environment.If you currently use Unix SVR4, or if you're a Solaris user, you'll want this book. UNIX in a Nutshell is the most comprehensive quick reference on the market, a must for any Unix user.

About the Author

Arnold Robbins, an Atlanta native, is a professional programmer and technical author. He has worked with Unix systems since 1980, when he was introduced to a PDP-11 running a version of Sixth Edition Unix. He has been a heavy AWK user since 1987, when he became involved with gawk, the GNU project's version of AWK. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. He is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is also coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor. Since late 1997, he and his family have been living happily in Israel.