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by **Cisco Wana B** » Sun, 27 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Anyone have some suggestions about good reference books regarding shell
programming? I am new to the Unix scene and would like to do some hands-on
exercises in a text book to refind skills I learned at the HP Education
Center in Mountain View, California.

Thank you.

by **gl..** » Tue, 29 Feb 2000 04:00:00

On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 07:22:26 -0500, "Kevin Bass"

>Cisco Wana Be:

>I have found the book, Unix Shell Programming by Kochan and Wood, to be a
>good reference for me. Another reference book that I use for regular
>expression is the book, Mastering Regular Expression (O'Reilly) by Freidl.

>Kevin

>> Anyone have some suggestions about good reference books regarding shell
>> programming? I am new to the Unix scene and would like to do some
>hands-on
>> exercises in a text book to refind skills I learned at the HP Education
>> Center in Mountain View, California.

>> Thank you.

I have to agree with Kevin. The Kochan and Wood book has been a great
tutorial for me, as well as a good reference for sh and ksh.

I found that the "Mastering Regular Expression" O'Reilly) by Freidl
was a bit tedious, but that was just me. I do use it a lot as a
reference.

I would also suggest the book by Paul Dubois "csh & tcsh" O'Reilly and
Associates if you want to use either of those shells.