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| kevinf2349 |
 Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject: UNIX reading |
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Grand Master
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Posts: 1311
Location: USA
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OK...having resisted for years I now have no choice but to learn UNIX system stuff.
Now I am not really bothered about the MQ side of it for right now but I would like some good reading recommendations for UNIX system commands etc.
Any suggestions to help get up to speed reasonably quickly?
I have access to a sandbox red-hat LINUX system. |
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| sebastianhirt |
| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Yatiri
Joined: 07 Jun 2004
Posts: 620
Location: Germany
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'Unix in a Nutshell' always served me well.
If it is an option I can recommend the AIX essentials course by IBM (can't remember the exact name) this gives you a lot of background and plenty of commands to start with.
They also used to have a Shell Scripting and tools class. This was in fact one of the most usefull classes I ever visited.
cheers
Sebastian |
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| dgolding |
| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:25 am Post subject: |
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Yatiri
Joined: 16 May 2001
Posts: 668
Location: Switzerland
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Hi Kevin,
My favourite one-stop shop is the "Unix Programming Environment":
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/013937681X/104-9943026-4315149?v=glance&n=283155
By Kernigan (of K&R "C" and "awk" fame) and Pike. It's old, but Unix hasn't changed that much  99% of it should still be valid wrt Bourne shell programming. This was in the days before Perl and even Korn shell, I should think. Your bash shell with Linux should support most of the Bourne shell stuff
If you're not doing C/C++ coding you can stop half-way through the book...
HTH |
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| dgolding |
| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Yatiri
Joined: 16 May 2001
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Location: Switzerland
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Seb,
"Unix in a Nutshell" is great, but it assumes you know the stuff already - as it says in the preface. You know what the command is, but you can't remember the syntax. It's more of a single reference point (everything you want to know about Unix iunder one roof, so to speak) rather than a "Teach Yourself" book.
Saying that, I think I'm on my fourth "Unix in a Nutshell" edition and also have a copy on CD as well for backup. I hope never to be without it.
Don
P.S. Kevin I'm fairly sure there is a "Linux in a Nutshell" which would be more relevant to you. |
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| PeterPotkay |
| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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Poobah
Joined: 15 May 2001
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IBM's so Linux gun-ho, their site is a treasure trove of Linux related stuff. Search for Linux and Tutorial. Also check out the Redbook.
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Peter Potkay
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| SAFraser |
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Shaman
Joined: 22 Oct 2003
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
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Kevin,
I've been on vacation and got behind reading the board, so I just saw your inquiry.
I'm a diehard Windows admin who has had to learn other OSs over the years, including several flavors of Unix.
I agree with others' comments about "Unix in a Nutshell"; it is an essential book for you BUT you have to know the command you want to look up; so, it is actually the second book you need to buy.
Your first book should the "The Red Book".
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131510517/002-0386927-2048046?v=glance&n=283155
It's pricey, but it's worth it.
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| Michael Dag |
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Jedi Knight
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