Efficient Linux at the Command LineDaniel J. Barrett
Efficient Linux at the Command Line
by Daniel J. Barrett · first published 2022
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on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read in 2025?” ↗For anyone just starting I highly recommend: "Linux Pocket Guide" and if moving forward adopting linux as a daily driver "Efficient Linux At The Command Line". Both books by Daniel J. Barnett. Even if you're a seasoned Linux user you will learn a lot from those books.
on “Linux Basics for Hackers” ↗The title of the book (perhaps a more useful title) is Efficient Linux at the Command Line: Boost Your Command-Line Skills by Daniel J. Barrett 2022 perhaps the book should be called "Efficient Bash at the Command Line: Boost Your Linux Skills". It has a little table at the end that says "if…
on “The bash book to rule them all” ↗Thanks so much your book review, Fabien! I wrote "Efficient Linux at the Command Line" because I kept meeting Linux/Unix users (over the past 30 years) who had learned the command line mostly by trial and error. They could use Linux OK for their jobs, but they didn't know the underlying…
on “The bash book to rule them all” ↗