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Bulletproof UNIX
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Author: Tim Gottleber
List Price: $63.00
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ISBN: 0130930288
Publisher: Prentice Hall (27 August, 2002)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 1,540,071
Average Customer Rating: 2 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 2 out of 5
Good Information, Terrible Writing Style
The content of this book is good and anyone from a beginner to experienced UNIX user will learn something from reading this book. However, I can't recommend it because the author writes this book as if he is speaking to 3rd graders. The author's tone seems to assume all readers of the book are clueless and need tiresome explanations about obvious points. The book is also filled with un-funny side commentary that is intended (I guess) to make the technical material more readable-but it fails miserably. An example of how the author goes wrong is in chapter 11, where the UNIX "grep" command is covered. The author continually refers to the "grep" command as "she." I suppose he thinks that personifying a UNIX command will somehow make the material more enjoyable to his "3rd grade readers." He couldn't be more wrong! I find this style so annoying I want rip the pages from the book and send them mercilessly through a shredder! So, unless you like to read technical books with the words "dummy" or "idiot" in the title, I would stay away from this one. There is no shortage of excellent UNIX books out there, so there is no reason to waste time with this one.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Won't recommend this book
This book talks too much details about the history of UNIX.As a student,I just want to be familiar with the commands of UNIX.Another ridiculous thing is that there is no way for students or users to get the solution of exercise at the end of each chapter.No answer solution attached in this BIG BOOK,only the instructor is allowed to buy it.
I really can't benefit from this book.
Rating: 4 out of 5
good book for beginners
Really a good book for the students who are in the beginning stage of UNIX.
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