Linux command line and shell scripting bible
by Richard Blum · first published 2008
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There's a lot to be said for going back to basics. Not only does this Bible give you a quick refresher on the structure of open-source Linux software, it also shows you how to bypass the hefty graphical user interface on Linux systems and start interacting the fast and efficient way?with command lines and automated scripts. You'll learn how to manage files on the filesystem, start and stop programs, use databases, even do Web programming?without a GUI?with this one-stop resource.
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…and then covers most of these topics as I described. ie. 'UNIX for Developers'. * UNIX: - FreeBSD handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ - Linux Documentation Project: http://tldp.org/LDP/ - Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible: http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Command-Shell-Scripting-Bible/dp... - UNIX In a Nutshell (I haven't read this in a while but it is on my shelf): http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565924277 - Learning UNIX…
on “Must Read CS Books For Self Self-Taught Programmers” ↗…Administration: Essential Systems Administration: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596003439/ UNIX and Linux Systems Administration Handbook: https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Linux-System-Administration-Hand... The Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible: https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Command-Shell-Scripting-Bible/d... UNIX Shell Programming: https://www.amazon.com/Unix-Shell-Programming-Stephen-Kochan... BASH Hackers Wiki: https://wiki.bash-hackers.org/…
on “My £4 a month server can handle 4.2M requests a day” ↗…the getopt(1) manual page from the util-linux project. * It's in getopt(1) and getopt(3) in the NetBSD Manual. The same goes for the OpenBSD and FreeBSD manuals. * It's in Blum's and Bresnehan's 2015 Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible, on page 377. * It's in Marcel Gagné's 2002 Linux System Administration: A User's Guide, on page 48. * It's in Kirk Waingrow's 1999 UNIX Hints & Hacks. * It was Q&A number 32 in part 2 of the Usenet…
on “Bash Pitfalls” ↗> a single source of truth Naturally, these have been called "bibles": Unix Bible, Linux Bible, Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible, etc.
on “Encouraging a culture of written communication” ↗