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UNIX Resources

Using UNIX

Learning the Unix Operating System. J. Peek, G. Todino-Gonguet, J. Strang, 5th ed., O'Reilly and Associates, 2001, ISBN 0-596-00261-0, 174 pp.
 
A concise primer written for those new to the UNIX environment. Covers the bare essentials, including the command line interface, files, I/O redirection, window systems, etc.
 
UNIX User's Handbook. Martin Poniatowski, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall PTR, 2001, ISBN 0-13-065419-1, 1472 pp.
 
A comprehensive and wide-ranging introduction to UNIX and UNIX programming, including the file system, shells, utilities, vi, the X Window system, networking, programming languages, etc. Has a bit of an HP-UX flavor, but is generally applicable to most UNIX environments.

Shells and Shell Programming

UNIX Shells by Example. Ellie Quigley, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall PTR, 2002, ISBN 0-13-066538-X, 1040 pp.
 
A comprehensive introduction to UNIX shells and shell programming, illustrated with copious detailed examples. Covers the sh, bash, csh, tcsh, and ksh shells. Includes an introduction to regular expressions and use of the grep, sed, and awk utilities.