Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours

I have just finished this book I need to learn UNIX fast!!! I have been in a DEC VMS/RSX environment for 25 years

I found cron jobs missing. from the book. AT etc...

As I did it on my home LINUX system some of the examples were a bit lacking in data.

Vi is a nightmare I come from a VMS environment with a real editor (EVE/EDT) that you can learn in minutes. I got a demo copy for LINUX - try it and see. (NuTPU)

The example in chapter 24 does not work off the web site the Perl is not the same. The Lynx script did not work I am trying to find out why! the website has probably changed. But it made me think.

Thanks for an enjoyable 3 days

Allan

Thanks for your comments, Allan! It's always tricky in a book to decide what to include and what to omit, so I appreciate your feedback regarding cron and at. They are both covered in detail in the sequel to this book, Teach Yourself Unix System Administration in 24 Hours, which you might find an excellent additional few days of reading!

Also, I've been using 'vi' for so long that it's completely wired into my brain. The only change I've made in that regard is that I use vim (see http://www.vim.org/) because it's a great reimplementation of vi with many additional capabilities.

Finally, please communicate further with me regarding your problems with the Perl code: I have tested that code extensively and would be surprised to hear that there are any bugs or version dependencies, but it happens! :-)

I am currently reading your book Teach Yourself Unix in 24 hours. I have already purchased the seconde book in the series on System Administration in 24 hours. After I finish these two books do you feel that these are supply enough knowlege for someone to start applying for system administrator jobs?

If you only read the books, perhaps not. But if you're working through all the examples and experimenting as you go along, then, yes, I think you'd be ready for an entry-level system administration job. Remember, book learning and practical reality are always a bit different! :-)

yes i want to learn unix scripting

Hi,

What version/flavour of Unix did use throughout the book?

I use AIX at work but do not have a test box I can use so would like to create a VM on my PC but now sure which version I should use for this book?

Thanks,

Thanks for the question, Craig. It's been a while, but I'm pretty darn sure that it's generic Posix Unix that I wrote about for almost the entire book. I've used HP-UX, Linux, AIX, SunOS and more in my time, so I tried to have things cross-compatible...