Comments on: Wicked Cool Shell Scripts (Paperback)

By: Gunther

Gunther — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:04:15 +0000

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.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:33:30 +0000

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…

By: Wren

Wren — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:25:43 +0000

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…

By: Symber

Symber — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:27:32 +0000

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.

By: Ester

Ester — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:15:58 +0000

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”.

By: Mutia

Mutia — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:18:31 +0000

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.

By: Gitano

Gitano — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:45:33 +0000

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…

By: Yancy

Yancy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:57:13 +0000

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.

By: Wowashi

Wowashi — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:58:06 +0000

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…

By: Denna

Denna — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:25:27 +0000

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.