Wicked Cool Shell Scripts (Paperback)
Review
“A great resource for intermediate to experienced shell programmers.” — WebDevReviews”Far above anything else available
This is the book that every other publisher tries to imitate.” — LinuxWorld, January 2005″Good examples of what can be done, and how to go about it.” — Major Keary Book News, 2004 No. 9″If you already know how to write rudimentary Unix scripts, here are some tools that’ll really float your boat.” — Epinions.com”a quite comprehensive explanation of shel (more…)
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10 Responses to “Wicked Cool Shell Scripts (Paperback)”.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very useful to beginner and experience shell script hackers
Today I received a copy of Wicked Cool Shell Scripts (101 scripts for Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix Systems) by Dave Taylor.
4.0 out of 5 stars
4 and 1/2 Stars……….
This is a really fun and engaging book on the subject of shell scripting. For new users, in tandem with more of a ‘fundamentals’ book on scripting, this book will give you really…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, yes. Wicked cool, maybe not.
This is a great book for learning by example, particularly as a follow-on to something more geared toward complete beginners to get you started.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Just plain wrong
This is a collection of very basic shell scripts I found completely useless. The author presents the book in an advanced format, not giving much underlying information or…
5.0 out of 5 stars
As we say in Maine, “Wicked Good!”
I have spent thousands of dollars on computer and technical references; I have a library full of them.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of unnecessary material, and what’s good is already available out there
WICKED COOL SHELL SCRIPTS is a collection of pre-made bash scripts for various tasks similar to one of O’Reilly’s “cookbooks”.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiring and a great reference, too
I’d recommend this book highly for anyone who wants to understand scripting even just a little bit, or just be more of a power-user of Linux, Unix, or OS X.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not worth the price
Googling for scripts is free and you can find numerous scripts in the realm you’re interested in. The scripts are interesting, but it’s impractical to ever use them in your…
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book for anyone who wants to get their feet wet
I am new to Linux and scripting but I have made leaps and bounds writing these scripts. Dave Taylor does a wonderful job of explaining how the scripts work and whatever I didn’t…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wicked Cool Book that should be immediately purchased
Within many online forums, myself and the author have managed to be confrontational and I approached reading this book with the full intent of trashing it.
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