Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.438 EAN: 9780596526788 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0596526784 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 622 Publication Date: May 24, 2007 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sales Rank: 15986 Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product DescriptionThe key to mastering any Unix system, especially Linux and Mac OS X, is a thorough knowledge of shell scripting. Scripting is a way to harness and customize the power of any Unix system, and it's an essential skill for any Unix users, including system administrators and professional OS X developers. But beneath this simple promise lies a treacherous ocean of variations in Unix commands and standards.
'bash Cookbook' teaches shell scripting the way Unix masters practice the craft. It presents a variety of recipes and tricks for all levels of shell programmers so that anyone can become a proficient user of the most common Unix shell -- the bash shell -- and cygwin or other popular Unix emulation packages. Packed full of useful scripts, along with examples that explain how to create better scripts, this new cookbook gives professionals and power users everything they need to automate routine tasks and enable them to truly manage their systems -- rather than have their systems manage them.
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Rating: - cookbook is right- teaches you nothing and awful for a novice
When I read the description the book said that "bash Cookbook" teaches shell scripting the way Unix masters practice the craft." Not even close. This book doesn't teach a thing. All it gives is "recipes-" solutions for problems that you may never even encounter. Also, these recipes are directed at people with a ton of experience in the shell already. They reference tons of commands with functions that vary over the entirety of what the shell can do without even an index that gives one sentence ... Read More
Rating: - What I've been waiting for!
This book is indeed a "Cookbook"; nice examples on how to do lots of stuff. It is nicely categorized and the explanations/discussions are easy to follow. The authors seem to have lots of experience, and are honest enough to even explain when NOT to use bash; when for example perl would do better.
Highly recommended if you want to get stuff done using bash.
Rating: - Good collection of recipes. Covers bash 3.2
Currently this is the only book that specifically covers bash 3.2, the version that contain new and interesting features like =~ operator for "normal" regular expression matching.
The main advantage of the book that it really covers a lot of ground and provides system administrators and users with a lot of good and difficult to find tips about customizing of the environment and making yourself more productive.
Chapters 5-6 which provide good overview of new features introduced ... Read More
Rating: - Keep it close, you will use it
These O'Reilly Cookbooks should be on every sysadmin's shelf. The Bash Cookbook is no different. Incredibly useful book. I didn't read it cover to cover but have gone back to it at least 15-20 times to pull out nuggets of info. The real-world, practical examples and solutions offered in this book provide the sysadmin with a virtual swiss army knife when working with bash.
Book was so useful, I bought two extra copies and sent them to coworkers.
Rating: - Taking Bash to the next level
Linux system admin is something I do as part of my job. I've been able to acquire the basics and get the job done, but I knew that there were better ways to get the job done. Nothing like having an expert to help learn the ins and outs.
This book allowed me to take it to the next level. There are many excellent examples on how to get it done, as well as advice on things that should not be done.
There is a good mix of newbie info as well as useful tips for the seasoned veteran. ... Read More
- cookbook is right- teaches you nothing and awful for a novice
- What I've been waiting for!
