by Chris Johnson
The bash shell is a complete programming language, not merely a glue to combine external Linux commands. By taking full advantage of shell internals, shell programs can perform as snappily as utilities written in C or other compiled languages. And you will see how, without assuming Unix lore, you can write professional bash 4.0 programs through standard programming techniques....
Price: $21.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2009
Mastering Unix Shell Scripting, 2nd Edition 
by Randal K. Michael
UNIX expert Randal K. Michael guides you through every detail of writing shell scripts to automate specific tasks. Each chapter begins with a typical, everyday UNIX challenge, then shows you how to take basic syntax and turn it into a shell scripting solution. Covering Bash, Bourne, and Korn shell scripting, this updated edition provides complete shell scripts plus detailed descriptions of each part. UNIX p...
Price: $57.72 | Publisher: Wiley | Release: 2008
Python for Unix and Linux System Administration
by Noah Gift, Jeremy M. Jones
Python is an ideal language for solving problems, especially for Linux and Unix. With this pragmatic book, administrators can review various tasks that often occur in the management of these systems, and learn how Python can provide a more efficient way to handle them. Once you finish this book, you'll be able to develop your own set of command-line utilities with Python to tackle a wide range of probl...
Price: $39.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2008
Learning the vi and Vim Editors, Seventh Edition
by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah, Linda Lamb
There's nothing that hard-core Unix and Linux users are more fanatical about than their text editor. Editors are the subject of adoration and worship, or of scorn and ridicule, depending upon whether the topic of discussion is your editor or someone else's.vi has been the standard editor for close to 30 years. Popular on Unix and Linux, it has a growing following on Windows systems, too. Most expe...
Price: $25.75 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2008
by Darl Kuhn, Bernard Lopuz, Charles Kim
Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs is an example-based book on managing Oracle Database in a Linux environment. Covering commonly used distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Enterprise Linux, the book is written for database administrators who need to get work done and lack the luxury of curling up fireside with a stack of Linux documentation. The book is task-oriented: Look up the task to per...
Price: $36.49 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2008
by Hristo Deshev
Windows power users have always envied their friends running UNIX machines for the ease of automation that they enjoy. The traditional Windows command-line shell, cmd.exe, has never been up to par with shells like bash or tcsh, especially when it comes to text processing and process automation.Windows PowerShell changes all that. This next-generation shell is also a full-blown scripting environment with a r...
Price: $19.70 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2008
by Norman Matloff, Peter Jay Salzman
Debugging is crucial to successful software development, but even many experienced programmers find it challenging. Sophisticated debugging tools are available, yet it may be difficult to determine which features are useful in which situations. The Art of Debugging is your guide to making the debugging process more efficient and effective.The Art of Debugging illustrates the use three of the most popular de...
Price: $28.49 | Publisher: No Starch Press | Release: 2008
by Gerald Carter, Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein
This book is the comprehensive guide to Samba administration, officially adopted by the Samba Team. Wondering how to integrate Samba's authentication with that of a Windows domain? How to get Samba to serve Microsoft Dfs shares? How to share files on Mac OS X? These and a dozen other issues of interest to system administrators are covered. A whole chapter is dedicated to troubleshooting!...
Price: $28.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Tom Adelstein, Bill Lubanovic
If you're an experienced system administrator looking to acquire Linux skills, or a seasoned Linux user facing a new challenge, Linux System Administration offers practical knowledge for managing a complete range of Linux systems and servers. The book summarizes the steps you need to build everything from standalone SOHO hubs, web servers, and LAN servers to load-balanced clusters and servers consolida...
Price: $10.58 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Robert Love
This book is about writing software that makes the most effective use of the system you're running on - code that interfaces directly with the kernel and core system libraries, including the shell, text editor, compiler, debugger, core utilities, and system daemons. The majority of both Unix and Linux code is still written at the system level, and Linux System Programming focuses on everything above th...
Price: $10.23 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007