Description
Ideal for UNIX users who hunger for technical--yet accessible--information, UNIX Power Tools consists of tips, tricks, concepts, and freeware. Covers add-on utilities and how to take advantage of clever features in the most popular UNIX utilities. CD-ROM included.
Full Description
Ideal for UNIX users who hunger for technical--yet accessible--information,
UNIX Power Tools consists of tips, tricks, concepts, and freeware (CD-ROM included). It also covers add-on utilities and how to take advantage of clever features in the most popular UNIX utilities.
This is a browser's book...like a magazine that you don't read from start to finish, but leaf through repeatedly until you realize that you've read it all. The book is structured so that it bursts at the seams with cross references. Interesting "sidebars" explore syntax or point out other directions for exploration, including relevant technical details that might not be immediately apparent. You'll find articles abstracted from O'Reilly Nutshell Handbooks(R), new information that highlights program "tricks" and "gotchas," tips posted to the Net over the years, and other accumulated wisdom.
The 55 chapters in this book discuss topics like file management, text editors, shell programming--even office automation. Overall, there's plenty of material here to satisfy even the most voracious appetites. The bottom line? UNIX Power Tools is loaded with practical advice about almost every aspect of UNIX. It will help you think creatively about UNIX, and will help you get to the point where you can analyze your own problems. Your own solutions won't be far behind.
The CD-ROM includes all of the scripts and aliases from the book, plus
perl, GNU emacs, pbmplus (manipulation utilities), ispell,screen, the sc spreadsheet, and about 60 other freeware programs. In addition to the source code, all the software is precompiled for Sun3, Sun4, DECstation, IBM RS/6000, HP 9000 (700 series), SCO Xenix, and SCO UNIX. (SCO UNIX binaries will likely also run on other Intel UNIX platforms, including Univel's new UNIXware.)
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Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. Edie Freedman designed this cover, which was created using a Macintosh computer. The drill image was scanned from a photograph and retouched using Adobe PhotoShop software. The drill itself is a Miller's Falls "Dyno-Mite" Model A, circa 1950s. Edie Freedman designed the page layout and the margin icons, which were created on a Macintosh computer and captured as encapusulated PostScript files. The icon graphics were bound to custom troff macros for formatting. Text was prepared using the SoftQuad sqtroff text formatter, and the book was typeset from generated PostScript files in two passes to accomplish color separation. Lenny Muellner modified and developed the troff macros necessary to implement the book design, including cross-referencing and indexing.
The body text of the book is set in ITC Garamond typeface. The examples are set in Courier, Courier Bold, and Courier Italic typefaces. Headings and captions are set in Helvetica Bold Condensed Oblique typeface.
