A Student's Guide to Unix

by Harley Hahn

With its easy-to-read, coaching style and well-designed plan, A Student's Guide to Unix, 2/e is the best way to introduce students to the complex world of Unix. This edition is a comprehensive revision of the first Unix textbook specifically developed for the university environment. Designed to be a reference and an educational resource, the book describes all the basic skills involved, as well as countless tips, hints and techniques. This edition includes chapters on the Emacs editor, Job Control and the Korn Shell. It has also been improved as a reference text.

633 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1993

Reviews

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book lying in a old book box in my Computer Science Department. When I first saw this book it reached out from the reused/recycled books box, it was love at first site. I decided if I allocated enough space within my backpack I could take this back to my apartment and expand my UNIX knowledge. That I did, although some of the material is dated since the book was published in the 90's and some of the info is absolutely obsolete such as mail commands which is now outclassed by email. The fact that I sat down with my terminal open and fiddled around with the commands while reading this book, as well as picking up on the tid-bits of history the book provided helped push me further into my CS career. After reading this book as a student I feel much more comfortable with the terminal/UNIX based systems as well as a deeper understanding of the history of Computer Science post 1960's. All-in-all, I wouldn't recommend this book for the sheer contents, but more for the effort of pushing me in the direction I desired to go as a Computer Science Student. The book is well written, provides great examples (even though outdated), and provides great content on UNIX history. Also it provides the Fable of the Programmer and the Princess which is an awesome laugh even in the year 2014.

[Avinash Pawar · Rating 5 out of 5]

There can not be a better book than this one for understamding UNIX.