Linux in a Nutshell, 5th Edition
by Aaron Weber, Arnold Robbins, Ellen Siever, Robert Love, Stephen Figgins
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Book Reviews of Linux in a Nutshell, 5th Edition
Book Review: most useful reference book
Summary: 5 Stars
Linux in a 900+ pages "nutshell" is a very well designed and most useful reference book. It includes the following sections:
* Linux commands
* Boot methods
* Package Management
* Bash and Korn
* Pattern Matching
* Emacs
* Vi
* Sed
* Gawk
* Source code management
* CVS
* Subversion
From this listing you can tell what this book is and what it is not. It is *not* a GNU/Linux tutorial or HOWTO. It is a "how do I do this" reference book for somebody who already understands GNU/Linux but who need to get something done with a non-favorite tool, like somebody used to Bash sitting in front of a Korn shell, or a EMACS user having to get something done with vi. It is also a "portable man page" for most GNU/Linux commands.
I find this book extremenly valuable and it would be one of those that I would keep handy at all times.
Book Review: Linux in a Nutshell --- A must keep for Linux Professional and newbies
Summary: 5 Stars
One week ago i got this book Linux in a Nutshell. I started reading it night after finishing my dinner. i was greatly impressed by the author approach at the matter covered. its a great reference book
for all linux professional and for beginers too . The way author
has explained complicated Unix commands and terms its a great help
for newbies.
While working i too forgot some linux commands especially while
working over sed awk and emacs but know i can turn on some pages
and get back to my machine without wasting time on google.
I do recommend all linux professionals to include this book
in their library
Book Review: extra reference.
Summary: 2 Stars
over half of this book consists of material already available in the "man" pages on a linux system.
the book boasts how it includes many many examples on how to use each command, this is utterly false. there are infact too few examples included.
100% of the material in this book can be found on the internet, on the linux system's info and man pages.
this book will not be friendly for the linux newbie. the title is misleading, "in a nutshell" usually means "the basics of a working system". this book is merely acts as reference for the abundance of reference freely available.
Book Review: The main Linux commands reference
Summary: 5 Stars
I guess this book is the best Linux commands reference available. Should you need anything beyond it, man will be your last resort.
This is not a how to or a cookbook about Linux (for this kind of book, search Amazon for the Linux "how", "bible", "unleashed", "discover" and so on; there are many of them). It is not, as well, a book about Linux internals (for them, search the "kernel" and "device drivers" Linux books).
If you do not like to use man or would rather have some paper reference, this book is probably your best purchase.
Book Review: Still a very helpful, very valuable reference
Summary: 5 Stars
Getting a bit long in tooth, but Linux hasn't changed that much since this was published in 2005. Much of it is a reprint of what you'll find in the MAN pages, with better tyography and formatting. Not particularly helpful for the rank beginner, unless used as a secondary source.
As a handy reference to Linux - truly Linux in a nutshell - it still has no equal in terms of comprehensiveness and ease of use.
Jerry