Errata
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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page 2 3rd Point in the Section "What Is a Shell?" |
"(output to the file phonelist.sorted)" previously had a space between "phone" and "list.sorted". |
Anonymous | Mar 2006 |
| Printed | Page 27 last sentence of page |
"If you use neither vi or emacs": |
Anonymous | Nov 2008 |
| Printed | Page 47 first example |
$ fc -l cp > lastcommands$ vi lastcommands$ source lastcommands |
Anonymous | Mar 2006 |
| Printed | Page 63 2nd example line in the section "Variables and Quoting" |
$ fred='Four spaces between these words.' |
Anonymous | Mar 2006 |
| Printed | Page 83 Figure 4-1 |
Figure 4-1 should be changed to match that in the 2nd Edition. |
Anonymous | Nov 2008 |
| Printed | Page 87 5th paragraph, 3rd line of code sample |
echo "alice: $*" |
Anonymous | Mar 2006 |
| Printed | Page 115 4th paragraph |
"Task 5-1" should be "Task 4-1" |
Anonymous | Sep 2009 |
| Printed | Page 144 Middle of the page |
#Process the input files |
Anonymous | Mar 2006 |
| Printed | Page 160 source listing block |
for (( j=i; j < numvalues; j++ )); do |
Anonymous | Apr 2007 |
| Printed | Page 207 middle of 2nd line of 2nd paragraph |
where printed |
Anonymous | Sep 2009 |
| Printed | Page 223 second listing (right after "For example:") and third listing (right after |
"listings that look like this:"); |
Anonymous | Mar 2006 |
| Printed | Page 260 second bullet point |
The script was missing some newlines. The commands starting with "chown", "chmod" and |
Anonymous | Mar 2006 |
