A Practical Guide to Unix System V

by Mark G. Sobell

This practical guide, targeted at UNIX System V Release 2, is intended for people with some computer experience but little or no experience with the UNIX system. However, more experienced UNIX system users will find the later chapters and Part II to be useful sources of information on such subjects as Shell programming and system administration. This book is practical because it uses tutorial examples that show what you will see on your screen each step of the way. It is a guide because it takes you from the logging on your system through the writing of complex Shell programs to system administration. Part II is a reference guide to 64 UNIX utilities. Has preface, table of contents, and index; 600 pages.

Genres: Computers, Reference

Paperback

Published November 1, 1985

About the author

Mark G. Sobell, author of many best-selling books, including A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Sixth Edition, A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux, Third EditionA Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Third Edition (all from Prentice Hall), has more than thirty years of experience working with UNIX and Linux. He is the president of Sobell Associates Inc., a consulting firm that designs and builds custom software applications for UNIX and Linux systems and provides training and support.

Mr. Sobell started working with computers part time after high-school where he worked on the Dartmouth Time-sharing system where they developed the BASIC programming language and on IBM OS/360 systems. He started writing when he worked for microcomputer company Cromemco in the late 1970's. He published his first book A Practical Guide to UNIX in 1982 and started Sobell Associates in 1984. He has been writing and consulting ever since.

- http://www.sobell.com/other/bio.html