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The bestselling, most informative Unix reference book is now more complete and up to date.You may have seen Unix quickreference guides, but you`ve never seen anything like UNIX in a Nutshell. Not a scaleddown quick reference of common commands, UNIX in a Nutshell is a complete reference containing all commands and options, along with generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in context. For all but the thorniest Unix problems, this one reference should be all the documentation you need.The third edition of UNIX in a Nutshell includes thorough coverage of System V Release 4. To that, author Arnold Robbins has added the latest information about:Sixty new commands in The Alphabetical Summary of CommandsSolaris 7Shell syntax (sh, csh, and the 1988 and 1993 versions of ksh)Regular expression syntaxvi and ex commands, as well as newly updated Emacs informationsed and awk commandstroff and related commands and macros, with a new section on refermake, RCS (version 5.7), and SCCS commandsIn addition, there is a new Unix bibliography to guide the reader to further reading about the Unix environment.If you currently use Unix SVR4, or if you`re a Solaris user, you`ll want this book. UNIX in a Nutshell is the most comprehensive quick reference on the market, a must for any Unix user.About the AuthorArnold Robbins an Atlanta native, is a professional programmer and technical author. He has worked with Unix systems since 1980, when he was introduced to a PDP11 running a version of Sixth Edition Unix. He has been a heavy AWK user since 1987, when he became involved with gawk, the GNU projects version of AWK. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. He is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is also coauthor of the sixth edition of OReillys Learning the vi Editor. Since late 1997, he and his family have been living happily in Israel.
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