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# The Linux Command Line, 2nd Edition: A Complete Introduction

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good book for beginners with a lot of problems
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2022*

This book, along with online searches on related topics, accelerated my linux knowledge tremendously, more than any other book I have read so far. William Shotts discusses a lot of topics related to the linux command line, potentially intermediate users would find the book helpful as well.However, the biggest problem with the book is lack of practical examples and depth, I would rate this book 5 stars if the last parts of the book weren't so bad. For an example, he wants to show you how to use "sed" (a command for editing text documents without opening them) to replace forward slashes (/) with dashes (-) in a document with dates with this long and impossible to remember command:sed 's/\[0-9]\{2\}\)\/([0-9]\{2}\)\/\([0-9]\{4\}\)/\3-\1-\2/' document.txtwhen the exact same thing (i tested this because it's not an enormous pain in butt) can be accomplished with this:sed s/\//-/g document.txtAccording to shots, sed is worthless anyway because perl and awk are better, he gives NO explanation as to why! Plus, I was not happy with discussions on rsync and zip archive tools, after i used them both i had a lot of un-answered questions.This will give any computer enthusiast hours and hours of DIY entertainment, but don't buy this book if you're already very experienced with linux. I personally recommend finding free electronic books if you're trying to educate yourself in computers, also i don't recommend going to school for it because professors/teachers tend to explain technical jargon very poorly.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great paper-based material
  

*by R***B on Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2023*

I'm an old Unix guy by trade. This manual is very comprehensive and well organized for looking up specific topics. Nice to have a great grab reference when needed. Online material is plentiful, but I like to hold a book when reading. Old school, but this is a great book for those wanting to learn or brush up on the workings of Linux. Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Best Linux Book I've Seen. Looks Great on Android Tablet.
  

*by C***Y on Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2019*

Author William Shotts has done an amazing job with The Linux Command Line. I’ll admit I’m something of a Linux newbie, but I feel like I have learned so much from reading this book. The text is complex, yet approachable, and teaches lots of handy command line tips without being tied to a specific distro (though there is some brief discussion regarding packaging and package managers). Overall, a lot of useful content, both in using built-in programs and for coding your own shell scripts.The best part about this book, for me, were the “playground” lessons, where you would create a bunch of dummy files and folders and then perform operations on them. For example, using “touch” to create 10 folders with 100 files in each, with only one short line of code. Or showing how to use “grep” and “ls” to find all programs matching a particular pattern. Practical examples of using pipelines. These are all super useful. So lots of good example material here.The Linux Command Line clocks in at just over 500 pages, with 36 different chapters, each on a specific topic. The first 10 chapters explain how Linux works (permissions, processes, the environment), and how to use the command line in general (navigating the file tree, manipulating files and folders, redirection, command expansion and quoting). Next it covers package managers, connecting storage, networking, searching, archiving, regular expressions, formatting text, and printing. And the final part covers shell scripting and is a basic programming tutorial as well. A great base of content.I’ve only read a handful of Linux books so far, but I think I can say this is the best I’ve seen. The text covers very fundamental and core competencies for using Linux, and the language is very approachable for beginners. I feel like I have learned a lot and already I’m more comfortable on the command line. If you are new to Linux, this can be a great way to up your game. Recommended.

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