Underground Guide to Unix(tm): Slightly Askew Advice from a Unix? Guru

by Ian Montgomery and John Montgomery

It's no coincidence that UNIX is a four-letter word-- the "problem child" of operating systems is notoriously arcane and inscrutable. In "The Underground Guide to UNIX", scrutability expert John Montgomery takes you on an emotional roller-coaster ride through the vagaries of this hard-to-master yet incomprehensible operating system. You'll find serious information on getting the most out of the parts of UNIX you use every day, as well as detailed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201406535
• ISBN13: 9780201406535
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

My favorite guide to UNIX

This is one of those books that's simply fun to read. On top of that, it's pretty darn good about answering the questions you pulled it off the shelf for. UNIX masters may find few new tricks here, but it's a great book for the enthusiastic novice. The worst danger of reading this book is that you'll get sucked into a chapter other than the one you need to get an answer out of because something funny caught your eye.

I Still Use It! 5 Years Later!

I bought this book in '95 when it first came out and I needed to learn UNIX for my job. I was able to self-teach myself using the book and a shell account our sys adm guy set up for me. My only background before this was DOS. Today I still refer to the book even now and I recommend it to anyone trying to get a handle on files, script files, vi and all those other funs parts of UNIX.

Break The Tedium!

Excellent book. very well informed and very easy to read...Made the mundane job of learning about unix, a pleasureable experience.After reading this, you shouldn't need any other book to learn about the unix system! Highly Recommendable to both novice and intermediate users.

Excellent and easy to read!

A good combination of humor and details. A particularly good read for Linux users who want or need to get more familiar with mainstream UNIX commands and history.

Never Fear Unix Shell Programming Again

i first got this book at a used store, but then i moved out of state, so i bought it again. it taught me so much that i gave it to a friend when i moved back. i loved it, so i bought it again, and now have lent it to a friend. i just now ordered another copy for a friend who is unfamiliar with _all_ computing. i built her a linux box, and many of the commands are similar. this book is really interesting. it is not so dry like other unix manuels, so you'll enjoy reading it. there are parts that are funny while they are teaching you things.i have and will reccommend this book to anyone and everyone i know who is starting out on unix and linux because it is filled with information you wouldn't notice in a regular unix book because of the boring manuel type style of writing. it is definately a good read, for all levels of users.