Re: [lopsa-discuss] book recommendation - learning command line

2010-01-11 Thread Tom Perrine
Dan Parsons wrote: > I've been tasked with teaching a colleague general Unix-ish command line > skills. I'd like to find a good book to work with him on. He uses Mac OS > X, but the book doesn't necessarily have to be focused on that OS. In > fact, an OS-agnostic book would be ideal, as he does hav

Re: [lopsa-discuss] book recommendation - learning command line

2010-01-11 Thread Atom Powers
Unix Shells by Example It is more of a reference than a how-to, but otherwise the best I've found so far. http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Shells-Example-Ellie-Quigley/dp/0130212229 -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers-- __

Re: [lopsa-discuss] book recommendation - learning command line

2010-01-11 Thread Trey Darley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Think Unix, by Jon Lasserm is just the ticket. http://www.amazon.com/Think-UNIX-Jon-Lasser/dp/078972376X Cheers, - --Trey Quoth Dan Parsons [01/11/2010 10:10 PM] : > I've been tasked with teaching a colleague general Unix-ish command line > skills.

Re: [lopsa-discuss] book recommendation - learning command line

2010-01-11 Thread Arthur Gaer
When I last looked at it and recommended it, the short O'Reilly book "Learning the Unix Operating System, Fifth Edition: A Concise Guide for the New User" by Jerry Peek, Grace Todino, John Strang looked pretty good. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596002619/ Earlier MacOS versions of David P

[lopsa-discuss] book recommendation - learning command line

2010-01-11 Thread Dan Parsons
I've been tasked with teaching a colleague general Unix-ish command line skills. I'd like to find a good book to work with him on. He uses Mac OS X, but the book doesn't necessarily have to be focused on that OS. In fact, an OS-agnostic book would be ideal, as he does have to ssh into Linux boxes s