Press Release
September 23, 1999
New Edition of Bestselling Unix in a Nutshell Covers SVR4 and Solaris 7
SEBASTOPOL, CA -- Over half a million copies sold and still going strong!
O'Reilly & Associates' has announced that the best-selling
UNIX in a Nutshell
has been updated to include thorough coverage of SVR4 and
Solaris 7.
UNIX in a Nutshell
-- the first book published in the popular In a
Nutshell series-has surpassed 500,000 copies in print plus seven years
on the Publishers Weekly computer book bestseller list. This title has
achieved incredible staying power seldom seen among computer books.
"UNIX may not be sexy or hot or new, but our book remains a
bestseller," observes Tim O'Reilly, founder and president of O'Reilly &
Associates.
"UNIX can be a little bit obscure and inconsistent, and it's also very
terse. Even experienced users are always having to look things up,"
says Frank Willison, O'Reilly's editor-in-chief of technical
publications. "This book lasted this long because our goal is to give
users everything they need to know about UNIX...and nothing more. For
some people, this is the only book on UNIX they have. It was designed
to be a reference book to keep on one's desk."
O'Reilly publishes books that give users the power to "get under the
hood" and make changes. "UNIX in a Nutshell boils down the subject to
the kind of information that's looked up again and again, even by
experienced users," Tim O'Reilly explains.
More than scaled-down quick reference of common commands,
UNIX in a Nutshell:
System V Edition, 3rd Edition, is a complete reference
containing all commands and options, along with generous descriptions
and examples to put the commands in context.
This latest release in the renowned "In a Nutshell" series includes the
latest information about:
- Sixty new commands in The Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- Solaris 7
- Shell syntax (sh, csh, and the 1988 and 1993 versions of ksh)
- Regular expression syntax
- vi and ex commands, as well as newly updated Emacs information
- sed and awk commands
- troff and related commands and macros, with a new section on refer
- make, RCS (version 5.7), and SCCS commands
- Obsolete commands
In addition, there is a new UNIX bibliography to guide the reader to
further reading about the UNIX environment.
If you currently use UNIX SVR4, or if you're a Solaris user, you'll
want this book. UNIX in a Nutshell is the most comprehensive quick
reference on the market, a must for any UNIX user.
Online Resources
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UNIX in a Nutshell:
System V Edition, 3rd Edition
By Arnold Robbins
3rd Edition, September 1999 (US)
1-56592-427-4, 616 pages, $24.95 (US$)
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