Working at the Ubuntu Command-Line Prompt

by Keir Thomas

Keir Thomas is the world's most popular author writing about Ubuntu. His books have been read by over 1,000,000 people and are #1 best-sellers. His book Beginning Ubuntu Linux recently entered its sixth edition, and picked-up a Linux Journal award along the way. Thomas is also the author of Ubuntu Kung Fu. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Get to grips with the Ubuntu command-line with this #1 best-selling and concise guide. "Best buck I've spent yet" — Amazon review.* Readable, accessible and easy to understand;* Learn essential Ubuntu vocational skills, or read just for fun;* Covers Ubuntu commands, syntax, the filesystem, plus advanced techniques;* For ANY version of Linux based on Debian, such as Linux Mint--not just Ubuntu!;* Includes BONUS introduction to Ubuntu chapter, plus a glossary appendix and a guide to reading Linux/Unix documentation.

Genres: Technical

65 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 12, 2011

About the author

Keir Thomas has nearly two decades experience as a magazine journalist and author, working largely in the home computing field but also covering leisure. In recent years he’s also written fiction.

His most recent computing books are iPad and iPhone Kung Fu and Mac Kung Fu (Second Edition), and his novel The Rock & Roll Beers is now on sale as Kindle, Kobo, Android and iBook eBooks.

He has written over 10 other best-selling computing books, one of which won a Linux Journal award and one of which has been read by more than 1,000,000 people worldwide. His $0.99 Kindle computing ebooks, written as a “publishing experiment”, consistently top Amazon’s sales charts — beating titles by the world’s biggest publishers.

Prior to book authoring he edited several computer magazines in the United Kingdom and continues to write for many other titles. He blogs professionally for publishing giant IDG and in the past has written for several high-profile independent sites.

His work has been translated into many languages, including German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Polish.

Are you still reading? Wow. Good for you. Keir lives in Manchester with two cats and one woman. His hobbies include walking and cycling. There. That’s everything.

Reviews

[Preston Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm an ex-sysadmin with experience maintaining most of the popular Unix variants, and picked this up on a whim after being gifted one of Thomas's other books. While the content won't be new to veteran Linux geeks, it's a solid, condensed overview of all the core concepts one needs for a basic working knowledge of the Linux command line, focused on Ubuntu specifically. Recommended for novice and intermediate Linux users looking for good content on a budget.

[Sarabeth Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book to jog my memory! I really like the Glossary of Terms at the end. I will definitely be using this book as a reference in the future.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unfinished but will keep it handy. A good basic primer.

[Jose Seco Sanz · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is very short, but the content is good.