Unix in a Nutshell|Daniel Gilly,Tim O'Reilly 1565920015

||boek: Unix in a Nutshell|A desktop Quick Reference for System V & Solaris 2.0|O'Reilly Nutshell Handbook

||door: Daniel Gilly, Tim O'Reilly

||taal: en
||jaar: 1998
||druk: 2nd edition, corrected
||pag.: 413p
||opm.: paperback|like new|hand notes

||isbn: 1-56592-001-5
||code: 1:002120

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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 second edition of UNIX in a Nutshell starts with thorough coverage of System V Release 3. To that, we've added the many new commands that were added to Release 4 and additional commands that were added to Solaris 2.0.Contents include:

• All user and programmer commands.
• New Korn shell documentation.
• Expanded text editing section, including GNU Emacs and nawk.
• Shell syntax (sh and csh).
• Pattern-matching syntax.
• vi and ex commands.
• sed and awk commands.
• troff and related commands and macros.
• sdb and dbx commands.

If you currently use either SVR3 or SVR4 or are planning to in the future, or if you're a Sun user facing the transition to Solaris, you'll want this book. UNIX in a Nutshell is the most comprehensive quickref on the market, a must for any UNIX user.

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: UNIX Commands
Chapter 3: The UNIX Shell: An Overview
Chapter 4: The Bourne Shell and Korn Shell
Chapter 5: The C Shell
Chapter 6: Pattern Matching
Chapter 7: The Emacs Editor
Chapter 8: The Vi Editor
Chapter 9: The Ex Editor
Chapter 10: The Sed Editor
Chapter 11: The Awk Scripting Language
Chapter 12: Nroff and Troff
Chapter 13: mm Macros
Chapter 14: ms Macros
Chapter 15: me Macros
Chapter 16: Preprocessors
Chapter 17: The SCCS Utility
Chapter 18: The RCS Utility
Chapter 19: The make Utility
Chapter 20: Program Debugging
Chapter 21: ASCII Character

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It may be a cliche, but it's true: the second edition of UNIX in a Nutshell (for System V) really is "bigger and better." Besides having a whole new appearance, the book has been revised for SVR4 and Solaris 2.0. Major additions include:

• New SVR4 commands and options.
• Selected BSD-derived commands from the compatibility packages.
• Additional features specifically from Solaris 2.0.
• Coverage of the Korn shell.
• Sections on GNU Emacs and RCS (which aren't in standard SVR4).
• An index to the commands described in this book.
• Useful examples throughout the book.

Audience

This quick reference should be of interest to UNIX users and UNIX programmers, as well as to anyone (such as a system administrator) who might offer direct support to users and programmers. The presentation is geared mainly toward people who are familiar with the UNIX system - that is, you know what you want to do, and you even have some idea how to do it. You just need a reminder about the details. For example, if you want to remove the third field from a database, you might think, " I know I can use the cut command, but what are the options? " In many cases, specific examples are provided to show how a command is used.

This quick reference (or "quick ref") might also help people who are familiar with some aspects of UNIX but not with others. Many sections include an overview of the particular topic. While this isn't meant to be comprehensive, it's usually sufficient to get you started in unfamiliar territory.

And some of you may be coming from a UNIX system that runs the BSD or SunOS 4.1 version. To help with such a transition, SVR4 and Solaris 2.0 include a group of "compatibility" commands, many of which are presented in this guide.

Finally, if you're new to the UNIX operating system, and you're feeling bold, you might appreciate this book as a quick tour of what UNIX has to offer. The "Beginner's Guide" in Section 1 can point you to the most useful commands, and you'll find brief examples of how to use them, but take note: this book should not be used in place of a good beginner's tutorial on UNIX. This quick ref should be a supplement, not a substitute.

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Scope of This Book

The quick ref is divided into five parts:

• Part I (Sections 1 through 5) describes the syntax and options for UNIX commands and for the Bourne, Korn, and C shells.
• Part II (Sections 6 through 11) presents various editing tools and describes their command set (alphabetically and by group). Part II begins with a review of pattern matching, including examples geared toward specific editors.
• Part III (Sections 12 through 16) describes the nroff/troff text formatting programs, related macro packages, and the preprocessors tbl, eqn, and pic.
• Part IV (Sections 17 through 20) summarizes the UNIX utilities for software development - SCCS, RCS, make , and program debuggers sdb and dbx.
• Part V contains two loose ends: a table of ASCII characters and equivalent values, and a command index to help you locate the commands presented in this book.

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Acknowledgments

Many people helped this book along the way. The first edition resulted from the efforts of the following staff members of O'Reilly & Associates: Jean Diaz, Dale Dougherty, Daniel Gilly, Linda Mui, Tim O'Reilly, Thomas Van Raalte, Linda Walsh, Sue Willing, and Donna Woonteiler.

The second edition has a new cover and new interior layout, designed by Edie Freedman. Arthur Saarinen drew the referee figures. Chris Reilley and Jeff Robbins assisted with graphics. The manuscript was formatted using troff macros that were implemented by Linda Mui and Lenny Muellner, and the manuscript was prepared through the efforts of Donna Woonteiler, Sue Willing, and especially Rosanne Wagger. Christine Kenney and Peter Mui were valuable resources, tracking down useful information and passing it along.

Special thanks to the technical reviewers for reading the drafts and fielding all kinds of questions; the book has profited greatly from the comments of Tan Bronson (Microvation Consultants), Peter van der Linden, and Mike Loukides (O'Reilly & Associates).

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Amazon.com Review

Simply the best System V and Solaris reference on the market today, Unix in a Nutshell won't steer you wrong. The book's concise style delivers the essential information on Unix, shell, and utility commands. Its command documentation is clear and complete and its examples are relevant and easy to follow.

Gilly starts with a complete, alphabetized listing of core Unix commands. Each entry includes a syntax summary, a clear statement of what the command does, and a full list of options, each with commentary on its function. The author then covers shell documentation, supplying details on the Bourne, Korn, and C shells and documenting each shell's commands in the standard format. Gilly also includes a section on regular expressions as they apply to grep, egrep, text editors, and various scripting languages.

Next, the book offers complete documentation of Emacs, ex, and vi, the powerful editors whose command structure proves perennially difficult to learn. The commands, once again, appear alphabetically with statements of their respective purposes. Other popular utilities--sed, awk, nroff, troff, tbl, and several macro languages--follow. Code managers SCCS and RCS, rarely documented in Unix books, bring up the rear.

Users need to know what they're looking up or they won't find this book useful. Otherwise, Unix in a Nutshell's documentation is the best. --David Wall

From the Publisher

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 second edition of UNIX in a Nutshell starts with thorough coverage of System V Release 3. To that, we've added the many new commands that were added to Release 4 and additional commands that were added to Solaris 2.0. Contents include: All user and programmer commands. New Korn shell documentation. Expanded text editing section, including GNU Emacs and nawk. Shell syntax (sh and csh). Pattern-matching syntax. vi and ex commands. sed and awk commands. troff and related commands and macros. sdb and dbx commands. make, RCS, and SCCS commands. If you currently use either SVR3 or SVR4 or are planning to in the future, or if you're a Sun user facing the transition to Solaris, you'll want this book. UNIX in a Nutshell is the most comprehensive quickref on the market, a must for any UNIX user.

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Concise UNIX reference [2009-07-31]

There isn't much I can add about this gem. My copy, from 1993, is starting to really show its age - physically. I still use it regularly because so much of the information in it is still relevant and applicable, even to Linux. I have UNIX in Nutshell (4th Ed.) and Linux in a Nutshell (5th Ed.), and while both of those are powerful tomes containing more and newer information than the 2nd Edition, neither can match the 2nd's conciseness.

None of these books is designed as a tutorial, but I think it's worth noting that when I first started using the 2nd Edition in 1993, I knew little of UNIX (although I was not a noob to computing). In any case, almost sixteen years later, this edition is still serving me quite well for probably ~90% of the *nix info I need. I am delighted to see that it is still available!

Agua Caliente [source: https--www.amazon.com]

Still using this book, 20 years later [2019-01-26]

If this isn't both testament to the utility of a book (using for 20 years), and the staying power of Amazon, and the relevance of the two together (Unix and Amazon AWS), I don't know what is. Wowza, what an interesting journey to click back this far in history, yet have it be so relevant today.

sdnelson11 [source: https--www.amazon.com]

How did I get in this Nutshell? [2008-07-04]

There's no better reference book for Unix. Recommended to me by all my programming pals.

K. Terry [source: https--www.amazon.com]

Five Stars [2014-09-14]

Great Unix book.

Stephen J. Hawkins [source: https--www.amazon.com]

Get started quickly [2004-07-01]

This is a great reference for beginners. It is billed as a reference for System V and Solaris 2.0 but applies well to most versions of UNIX, even Linux.

It is more of a command and function reference than a tutorial, in fact it is NOT a tutorial but with a little practice on a UNIX system you will find this book invaluable. I have O'Reilly books specific to vi, sed and awk, but this one is the main reference I use for looking up command structure.
Its the most comprehensive and usable UNIX references I have seen and compares well to the big books that cost a lot more and could prop the wheels on a DC-3.

This book in easily carried in an brief case for quick deployment. You can look up things quickly even when folks pop out of the room for a moment, you can look up something and be working away with your newfound information whenthey return and everyone will think you knew it all along. hahaha
Great book, highly recommended. I even use it for AIX although mostly for vi, se and awk.

Alexander E. Paulsen [source: https--www.amazon.com]

Really handy [2001-12-14]

Most of my development time is spent on Windows. But deployment almost always has been on UNIX. That's when I need to use vi sometimes, make changes to some "make" files, do some basic navigation and file manipulation. The Nutshell book fulfills my needs in that aspect. For advanced shell scripting or awk programming, you need to look elsewhere. But then that is not the purpose of the book anyway.

Sanu Padhi [source: https--www.amazon.com]

there is not great differnce, and the price was not life threatning [2015-03-20]

The book received WAS THE OLDER VERSION version NOT the one in the thumbnail (the referee's on the front), which i could have borrowed off a work colleague.

Never the less, there is not great differnce, and the price was not life threatning :P

Matthew Cokeley [source: https--www.amazon.com]

--- Over (foto 2): Daniel Gilly ---

Daniel Gilly joined O'Reilly Media, Inc a year after his graduation from MIT. As a staff writer, Daniel authored the 2nd Edition of Unix in a Nutshell, doubling its contents and paving the way for it to become one of O'Reilly Media's best-selling Unix titles. He revised Learning the vi Editor,co-wrote X Window System in a Nutshell, and had an editorial hand in several other books in the X Window series.

Daniel left O'Reilly after 6 years to pursue technical writing in Silicon Valley. He had a successful career with a wide range of tech companies -- from start-ups to mid-sized companies to one-time tech titanslike Netscape and Sun Microsystems -- culminating with 5 years at Google.

In 2010, Daniel retired from Silicon Valley life and moved to Palm Springs, California to enjoy the sunshine and relaxed pace of this desert oasis.

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