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Recently, a number of paperback books about UNIX have come out.
These books can give you a broader perspective on UNIX than the
manuals provide.
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Starting with UNIX; Brown; Addison-Wesley; 1984.
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UNIX Primer Plus; Waite, Martin, and Prata; Howard W. Sams & Co; 1983.
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Introducing the UNIX System; McGilton and Morgan; McGraw-Hill; 1983.
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The UNIX Operating System; Christian; John Wiley and Sons; 1983.
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UNIX for People; Birns, Brown, and Muster; Prentice-Hall; 1985.
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A Practical Guide to the UNIX System; Sobell; Benjamin-Cummings; 1984.
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UNIX Text Processing; Dougherty and O'Reilly; Howard Sams and Company.
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The UNIX Programming Environment; Kernighan and Pike;
Prentice-Hall; 1984.
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The UNIX System; Bourne; Addison-Wesley; 1983.
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The UNIX Survival Guide; Nichols, Bailin, and Nichols; Holt,
Rinehart, and Winston; 1987.
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UNIX System Administration; Burke; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich;
1987.
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Tricks of the UNIX Masters; Sage; Howard Sams and Company;
1987.
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UNIX Communications; Anderson; Howard Sams and Company; 1987.
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UNIX System Security; Wood and Kochan; Hayden Books; 1985.
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The Design of the UNIX Operating System; Bach; Prentice-Hall; 1986.
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C Wizards Programming Reference; Schwaderer; Wiley Press; 1985.
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Computer Networks; Tanenbaum; Prentice-Hall; 1981.
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The C Programming Language; Kernighan and Ritchie; Prentice-Hall; 1978.
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C: A Reference Manual; Harberson and Steele.
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Notable Networks; Quarterman.
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UNIX System Administration Handbook; Evi Nemeth; 1989.
In addition, there is a series of books called the Nutshell Handbooks
published by O'Reilly. Titles in this series include:
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C Programming in the UNIX Environment
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Learning the UNIX Operating System
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Learning the Vi Editor
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MH and XMH
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Programming in Perl
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Reading and Writing Termcap Entries
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Practical UNIX Security
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Programming with Curses
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Managing Projects with Make
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Managing UUCP & Usenet
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Using UUCP & Usenet
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UNIX Quick Reference
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Sed and Awk
O'Reilly also publishes a series of books on the X Window System
(see section X Environment, for more info.)
You can purchase most of these at the Powell's Technical Bookstore,
503-228-3906, or check with O'REILLY and ASSOCIATES, INC.,
632 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol, CA 95472 or mail nuts@ora.com or
phone 1-800-338-6887(NUTS).
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