A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming (2010) [pdf]

Looks very daunting. My first thought was "how is >1000 pages ever 'practical'?" Then I started reading.

The first chapter is kinda dull for me, as an experienced Linux user. But scrolling through, I quickly came upon sed, which I glanced through and taught me some new things. I won't remember it all, but I'll know what I can use sed for. (I usually only used sed for substitution, with `-i`nline or in a pipe.)

I've always meant to learn more about awk, and ctrl+f'ing for that, indeed, chapter 12 is all about awk. I learned how to select rows based on columns, which I've wanted to do multiple times in the past! E.g. `awk '$2 <= 100' testfile` or `awk '$2 ~ /database/' error.log`.

It's practical in the sense that, if you have a topic you want to learn about and need a good tutorial to get started, this seems like a very good place to start.

Was this posted with the consent of the author and publisher? I can't see anything on Sobell's own website that suggests that it is free, perhaps I missed it.

There is also a 3rd Edition which was released in 2012.

https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Commands-Editors-Prog...

Mark Sobell is a class act. He has been a mitzvah to both the programming and writing sides of the *nix equation for 30 years. Free is about $50 less than this download should cost.

I installed Ubuntu yesterday on my pc, and the first thing i found here is this. It's a good book, though i haven't read it fully.

"The Linux Command Line" by William Shotts is a good read also, and is freely available from the author via his website http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

I have this book. Was a pretty good introduction to Linux for me. Mark Sobell is awesome

Wow, great ebook.

With pdf of this size, it would be easier to use Google Drive viewer instead of directly linking the pdf file, so that users on both desktop and mobile devices can view the pdf inside the browser.

I am not sure if this is a 'practical guide'. The way I was mentored was to install Linux and just start using it and to learn the commands as they come. I doubt that this guide will help you learn stuff. I feel this is more of a reference.

Whoa. 1000+ pages. There goes my weekend. Thanks mate.

Loved this book, packed with a lot of awesomeness.

Expected a short article but got 1000+ pages pdf

after a few years of bullshitting with linux, maybe it's time to get serious

removes shades mother of god. 1000+ pdf.