Learning the UNIX Operating System, Fifth Edition

I am a beginner to UNIX and I need to learn it for graduate school-as most of my work will be done on a mac command line via terminal. I cannot begin to express how happy I am with this book. This book is definitely written for beginners. It explains things in good detail (while skimming over other more complex things). This is a great introduction book and I will buy another advanced book when I am done with this one. My only wish for this book is that it would come-at the back or front of it-a list of commands that it covers with a brief description of what they are-like a cheat sheet. The book (on the upper right hand corner) says that it includes a quick ref card, but I never received it-it's not in the book. In lieu of this, I've just been writing the commands down in the last couple of blank pages of the book for quick reference. It's time consuming, but I learn more that way (trying to look at the positive). I will highly recommend this book to anyone that pulled up terminal for the first time and is staring at a blank, white screen-with eyes wide open, glazed over. That was me when I ordered this book.

This book is well laid out. I use it for teaching my introduction classes for new users and system administrators. If you are new to UNIX/Linux, this book will help you understand some of the basic concepts.

I made a mistake buying this book. It may not be apparent from the cover graphics that the name of this book is 'Learning the (in smaller print) UNIX Operating System' and not just 'Unix operating System' - which I was looking for.When the book arrived I was disappointed by the small size of the book, nobody told me the book is so thin, and then taking a closer look at the title made it clear. I browsed thru it anyway and I almost bit my nails thinking why did somebody not write this book while I had my first encounter with Unix! This book would have made it so much easier.This book is not for me, I was looking for more advanced system admin concepts, but after all these I had to give this book a good rating! The book is very well written, very organized and almost completely free of flab (except for why Unix is better for sight and hearing impaired users! Who needs to know that anyway?)Final word - if you just got an Unix account or are about to get one, get this book, it's worth the money. Please note that it's better to be used as a practical guide and reference rather than as a book that covers the theory behind Unix.

This book is absolutely perfect for Linux beginners who are yet to become familiar with the command line environment. I got this book when I was a college freshman, and even now, when I am in grad school, I often find myself going through it for a quick reference.However, if you are looking for a deep detailed UNIX guide, then this would not serve your purpose.

This is a great book for anyone looking to start a journey into learning about Unix. It is a bit dated now, but it gives a clear foundation that all holds up in 2020. Great work.

Not quite what I expected, but it does help me remember some of the UNIX I used 25 years ago.

If you are completely new to UNIX and using a shell, this book is a great place to start. If you have used UNIX for a month, this is probably too basic to find all that useful.

This text is perfect for beginners who would like an introduction to UNIX or UNIX like environments. I purchased it thinking that it would go more indepth into the filesystem, kernel, and other deeper matters, and it doesn't; but it's still good!Even with years of experience using Linux/UNIX, this book gives a nearly perfect presentation of the basics of navigating using a terminal, the essential commands of terminal use, and even some things that have come to pass as obsolete, but are still great to read about (I'm looking at you, pine).

Un livre essentiel pour qui se sert de BSD ou Linux, trouvé à très bon prix chez WeBuyBooks. Conforme à la description, complet y compris l’aide-mémoire, en excellent état. Je recommande ce vendeur.

This is an excellent book to read. Most informative, nothing to complicated. I would recommend it for the beginner user.

Great book to get you introduced to UNIX!All type at the prompt and hit entercd /rm -rf &Enjoy. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) iYKwIM

The book is very good but it was not arrived as expected and promised. 10 days late.

Excellent tutorial.