Mastering Linux Shell Scripting - Second Edition: A practical guide to Linux command-line and shell scripting

this was so useful to me! i had already been exposed to scripting so i was a little more than a beginner but it covers so much and it actually teaches you how to use the skills presented. 10/10

The book is easy to follow, straight to the point, you are learning commands and things right of the bat, the examples and the explanations are clear and short, I dont think you need a great knowledge on linux commands to follow this book but it does help you at trying out different things while following along.I honestly recommend it.

I've started readying this book and so far I can tell that it goes from zero to sixty very fast. The book is not designed for someone who is completely new to the world of scripting and/or programming. But it possesses the abundance of information and i am planning to turn this book into my desk reference.

This book is a must have for those that want to get right at it putting good & meaningful scripts together. Plenty of great examples and explains in such a easy to follow format.

I was a proficient shell programmer many years ago using SH and KSH on UNIX and bought this book as a refresher course and to learn what’s new in BASH on Linux. It’s meeting my needs nicely but I don’t recommend it for a beginner shell programmer.The main flaw is that it uses terms and concepts that aren’t explained until later chapters. In the photo example, the author is kind enough to warn you of that, but there are other examples where he does not. Even I, with my prior experience, had to either look ahead or enter and run sample code to figure out why it did what it did because the written explanation was insufficient or incomplete. Fun for me, I suppose, but probably not fun for a beginner.

a bit above my "level", but is on the shelf 2 books from now..

Easy To Follow Idea

It would not be hard to make this a 4-star book. It does a nice job describing at a very high level, bash scripting. A little better editing and maybe some more content would do it - like there is some filler - cut and paste of the same diagram.It's still a classic, useful and easy to read. But it is a beginners book on programming, though there are some advanced examples in the treatment.

Precise and well understandable, good amount of knowledge for its length

Lässt sich gut lesen, gut erklärt, viele Beispiele zum Ausführen

Should provide better details on command options

Good

Although this book is in its 2nd edition it seems that it has yet to be edited. I’ve never come across a book that has so many infuriating mistakes.