Praise for the First Edition of
A Practical Guide to
Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
“This book is a very useful tool for anyone who wants to ‘look under
the hood’ so to speak, and really start putting the power of Linux to
work. What I find particularly frustrating about man pages is that they
never include examples. Sobell, on the other hand, outlines very clearly
what the command does and then gives several common, easy-to-
understand examples that make it a breeze to start shell programming
on one’s own. As with Sobell’s other works, this is simple, straight-for-
ward, and easy to read. It’s a great book and will stay on the shelf at
easy arm’s reach for a long time.”
—Ray Bartlett
Travel Writer
“Overall I found this book to be quite excellent, and it has earned a spot
on the very front of my bookshelf. It covers the real ‘guts’ of Linux—
the command line and its utilities—and does so very well. Its strongest
points are the outstanding use of examples, and the Command Refer-
ence section. Highly recommended for Linux users of all skill levels.
Well done to Mark Sobell and Prentice Hall for this outstanding book!”
—Dan Clough
Electronics Engineer and
Slackware Linux user
“Totally unlike most Linux books, this book avoids discussing every-
thing via GUI and jumps right into making the power of the command
line your friend.”
—Bjorn Tipling
Software Engineer
ask.com
“This book is the best distro-agnostic, foundational Linux reference I’ve
ever seen, out of dozens of Linux-related books I’ve read. Finding this
book was a real stroke of luck. If you want to really understand how to
get things done at the command line, where the power and flexibility of
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