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From: russ@oakhill.UUCP (Russell Schwausch)
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Subject: Re: Unix, Unixpeople - books for novices
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 13:46:51 EDT
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I have found that "THE UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM" by Kaare Christian (published by
Wiley-Interscience) is a good basic reference for Unix novices. Part 1 covers
the basics, Part 2 covers advanced topics so you can tackle them when you think
you're ready and the abridged manual at the back has a good summary of the
commands a novice is most likely to use with any frequency. The nice thing about
this book is that, unlike typical Unix documentation, you don't find yourself
wasting time weeding through a lot of detail to get the information
you want.

Russell Schwausch - oakhill!mdc0a!russ

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