UNIX in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for System V Release 4 and Solaris 2.0

O'Reilly, 1992 - Korn shell (Computer program language) - 444 pages

You may have seen UNIX quick-reference guides, but you've never seen anything likeUNIX in a Nutshell. Not a scaled-down quick reference of common commands,UNIX in a Nutshellis a complete reference containing all commands and options, along with generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in context. For all but the thorniest UNIX problems, this one reference should be all the documentation you need.

The second edition ofUNIX in a Nutshellstarts with thorough coverage of System V Release 3. To that, we've added the many new commands that were added to Release 4 and additional commands that were added to Solaris 2.0.

Contents include:

• All user and programmer commands.
• New Korn shell documentation.
• Expanded text editing section, including GNU Emacs andnawk.
• Shell syntax (shandcsh).
• Pattern-matching syntax.
• viandexcommands.
• sedandawkcommands.
• troffand related commands and macros.
• sdbanddbxcommands.

If you currently use either SVR3 or SVR4 or are planning to in the future, or if you're a Sun user facing the transition to Solaris, you'll want this book.UNIX in a Nutshellis the most comprehensive quickref on the market, a must for any UNIX user.

Contents

• UNIX Commands: 2-2
• The Bourne Shell and Korn Shell: 4-1
• TheC Shell: 5-5

About the author

Daniel Gilly joined O'Reilly Media, Inc a year after his graduation from MIT. As a staff writer, Daniel authored the2nd Edition of Unix in a Nutshell, doubling its contentsand paving the way for it to become one of O'Reilly Media's best-selling Unix titles. He revised Learning the vi Editor,co-wrote X Window System in a Nutshell, and had an editorial hand in several other books in the X Window series.

Daniel left O'Reilly after 6 years to pursue technical writing in Silicon Valley. He had a successful career with a wide range of tech companies -- from start-ups to mid-sized companies to one-time tech titanslike Netscape and Sun Microsystems -- culminating with 5 years at Google.

In 2010, Daniel retired from Silicon Valley life and moved to Palm Springs, California to enjoy the sunshine and relaxed pace of this desert oasis.

Bibliographic information

• Title: UNIX in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for System V Release 4 and Solaris 2.0; A Desktop quick reference; A desktop quick reference ;A nutshell handbook; In a Nutshell (o'Reilly) Series; In a Nutshell Series; Nutshell handbook; The UNIX CD bookshelf
• Contributors: Daniel Gilly, O'Reilly & Associates
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: O'Reilly, 1992
• ISBN: 1565920015, 9781565920019
• Length: 444 pages