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Title: Unix Shell Programming Tools by Dave Medinets, Medinets, David Medinets ISBN: 0-07-913790-3 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 22 February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: sh != bash && linux != unix
Comment: The Bourne Again Shell isn't even standard on unix systems and the constant mention of linux as something synonomous is just pathetic. I'm sorry I ever got this book. Get UNIX Power Tools instead. It costs a few bucks more, but this book is pathetic. If you want to learn to use shell scripts on multiple platforms, this isn't the book. It's strongly GNU/Linux orientated, but that won't help you in the real world with unix OS's

Rating: 5
Summary: Great book, and good examples.
Comment: This book is very well done, and has many good code examples. I highly recommend it.

Rating: 3
Summary: A decent enough reference, but not recommended for beginners
Comment: This book has a lot of reference info on Bash, Perl, and Tcl/Tk commands and options, especially lots of tables. However, I wouldn't recommend it for beginners to programming in these languages, since his explanations of many topics is rather turgid and unclear. In addition, the number of typos and just plain errors is unacceptably high for a book that puports to show beginners how to do shell programming. Overall, a good book for the reference shelf, but only for those who already have some knowledge of this kind of programming.

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