Kornshell Programming Tutorial

This is the best book I have seen on shell programming. I tried three other books before I found this one. This book is great because it offers examples, shows the output from the examples, and also describes them extremely well.The other books I tried, and did not like are :The Korn Shell: User & Programming Manual - I didn't like it because it lacked information on string handling. It seemed alright though.Unix Shells by Example - Too many examples, if there is such a thing. The author didn't describe what was going on as well as this book does. The layout is confusing too.Unix Shell programmer's interactive workbook - You need to be sitting at a computer to use this one. Wasn't very effective while reading it on the train.

This book contains hundreds of examples. I ran every one of them, and they work just as well on Linux Kornshell as they do on an AIX Kornshell, with very few exceptions. I have gone from knowing literally no Kornshell/Unix scripting to now being able to script almost anything I need to do. The content of the book is written on a level that anyone can understand, and the author's writing style is never boring. It is laid out in a manner that makes it easy to look up anything later. A "Must Have" for anyone wanting to learn Kornshell.

This book was my first introduction to Kornshell Programming. With this book, I was writing fairly complex Kornshell scripts in just a few weeks. The book is also an excellent reference manual. I highly recommend this book for the beginner.

The KornShell Programming Tutorial should be the model for all technical books. It is well organized and extremely well written. The book provides a ton of examples, and output is provided for each one--what a concept! Reading this book has enabled me to write support and debugging scripts for the program I currently work on, and if I need to refer to the book, I can find the topic quickly. The writing style is crystal-clear and right-to-the-point, and the humorous touches round out everything nicely. Thanks to Barry Rosenberg for caring enough to write a book on Korn Shell programming that a novice could actually read, understand, and apply.