Linux in a Nutshell

by Jessica Perry Hekman, O'Reilly Media Inc., O'Reilly Media, et al.

Book Overview

"Linux in a Nutshell" covers the core commands available on common Linux distributions. This isn't a scaled-down quick reference of common commands, but a complete reference containing all user,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565921674
• ISBN13: 9781565921672
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Highly Recommended

~~ Although not for "Newbies," of my dozen or so Linux books, "Linux In a Nutshell" is the most thourougly concise (is that a contradiction of terms?) of them all. A virtual "Bible" of commands, options, and information. This book will stay alongside your computer while the others will remain on your bookshelf. ~~ Lloyd W. Cary ~~

A priceless book!

It is hard to be enthusiastic sometimes about a book that seems to contain only commands and summaries of various programming tools. This book contains an excellent section on vi (which was easy to start with) and emacs (which really is complicated). The Emacs sections is reason enough for buying the book. It helped me to quickly figure out how to use this program to do basic functions. The other commands are well-organized into sections that make them easy to finds. It is a quality book.

Good for every Linux user

This book isn't for just experienced users. While the beginner won't find it to be a tutorial, it is a great book to have on the desk when you need to look up a command. For that use it is much easier than trying to find the information in that big tutorial book you just read ;)

Dry to the bone reference book.

This is a great book for linux commands. It will not teach you linux. It is for linux users to use as a reference for commands. It also breifly covers Boot Methods, Package Managers, shells, Pattern Mathcing, Emacs, Vi, sed, gawk, CVS and RCS, GNOME, KDE and fvwm2.

It is more than just man pages....

This book is a great reference of Linux commands, shell environments, and lots more. Yes, you can look at man pages but having all the commands in one book is great. I also like that commands for kernel 2.4 are included (example: ipchains for kernel 2.2 and iptables which replaces ipchains in kernel 2.4). If you are looking for a great Linux command reference book then check this one out.