The New KornShell Command And Programming Language (2nd Edition)
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Book Overview
This is a Second Edition of the guide to the KornShell command and programming language by the original inventors of the language. It provides a specification for the KornShell language, tutorial... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0131827006
ISBN13:9780131827004
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Prentice Hall
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.36 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.0" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Best book for ksh88 or ksh93
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
I have been using this book in my shell scripting classes forabout seven years now. I still find it to be the best reference. One of the many things I like about it is that it clearly identifies ksh88 and newer (e.g., ksh93) features. It does not address pdksh, found on many Linux systems as /bin/ksh, but you can get real AT & T ksh93 for free so why use pdksh? My only complaint is that the book is rather long in the tooth (1995) and there are a lot of new features in ksh93-k+ let aloneksh93-o (the current release). A new edition is overdue.In the same shell scripting class, I teach ksh93, nawk, sed, andexpect. I find, with this book, the students can do everything they might have done in nawk or sed in straight ksh93. Other ksh books do not, in my experience, give the students the information necessary that they can do that.
Excellent
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Is David Korn the author of the Korn shell? I usually don't quite care about the author. But this book is excellent. It makes me believe Perl cannot completely replace unix shell programming.
This book is good, but no much.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
This book is very good when one is refering to the Korn shell, but it does not have a didactic if one is starting wiht this programing's language. However, it is as a reference handbook for ksh and of course, it also has a nice tutorial.
Good info for more experienced ksh programmers.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
While it may be a bit heavy for beginners, this book is full of good info for more experienced ksh users and programmers, especially if you want to use more of the built in features included with the 1993 release. Beginners might want to try out O'Reilly's Learning the Korn Shell, even though it only covers the 1988 version of ksh. This book is geared for folks who already have a bit of time working with ksh. Keeping that in mind, I think it's the best resource available for the shell available, especially considering Dr. Korn wrote the book.
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