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.
- Title:
- UNIX Power Tools
- By:
- Mike Loukides, Tim O'Reilly, Jerry Peek, et al.
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
- Formats:
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- Print Release:
- October 2002
- Pages:
- 1162
- Print ISBN:
- 978-0-679-79073-0
- | ISBN 10:
- 0-679-79073-X
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.
