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New KornShell Command And Programming Language, The (2nd Edition)
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New KornShell Command And Programming Language, The (2nd Edition) |
Author: Morris I. Bolsky
Published: 1995-04-06 |
List price: $66.00
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 Perfect!
This book contains exactly what I needed to know. I'm very happy with my purchase and use it frequently.
David Korn is the father of the Korn shell
David Korn is the father of the Korn Shell; he's brilliant. This book is a very fine reference book, but the writing style is not for absolute beginners. Korn shell users might want to also consider "Korn Shell: Programs for Your Survival at Work" by Larry L. Smith. Some of the examples in Randal K. Michael's "Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting" are also helpful.
Best book for ksh88 or ksh93
I have been using this book in my shell scripting classes forbrabout seven years now. I still find it to be the best brreference. One of the many things I like about it is that it brclearly identifies ksh88 and newer (e.g., ksh93) features. It brdoes not address pdksh, found on many Linux systems as /bin/ksh, brbut you can get real ATT ksh93 for free so why use pdksh? My bronly complaint is that the book is rather long in the tooth br(1995) and there are a lot of new features in ksh93-k+ let alonebrksh93-o (the current release). A new edition is overdue.pIn the same shell scripting class, I teach ksh93, nawk, sed, andbrexpect. I find, with this book, the students can do everything brthey might have done in nawk or sed in straight ksh93. Other brksh books do not, in my experience, give the students the brinformation necessary that they can do that.
 Still the best
I always recommend reading the book by the inventor/creator of the language. That goes for C++ (Stroustrup), Java (Gosling), and C (Ritchie). This book is no exception. Warning: it is a bit dry at times. It is heavily cross-referenced. The backcover is invaluable as a reference.brThere is one gotcha, however. This is about Ksh93 and most UNIX computers (unfortunately) run Kornshell 88. Ksh93 is much better.
 Not much practical use...
Most experienced Sysadmins recommand the use of the TC shell for interactive use and the Korn shell for writing scripts. Fine. Except that this book does not provide a good introduction to writing scripts. Even the experienced script writer will be at a loss in the details the authors go.pThe examples are useless: they never say what they are supposed to do and they never tell you the results.pAnd main criticism: I have yet to find a system where the _new_ kornshell (which came out in 93) is installed...
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