[Swlug] OU Linux Essentials short course

[Gerald Davies]

On 1 February 2018 at 08:08, Carter N. <n.carter at swansea.ac.uk> wrote:
>>I picked up a second-hand copy of The UNIX Programming Environment by Brian W. Kernighan
>>and Rob Pike for a few quid the other week from the US.  Fascinating, but it's from about 83/84! :)
>
> Ah, glad it's not just me that likes (or finds informative, even) these 'old' books! When I got my copy, I was surprised by how relevant and informative it was; gave me quite a few ideas about writing scripts for batch or convenience programming. Very readable, with the same concise, practical, style as Kernighan's C book.
>

Yep, you can't go wrong.  I've bought some brilliant books over the
years for a few quid at a time, although they're mostly of a
historical angle with regards to computing and science.  I do prefer
most technical books to be up-to-date, but will happily make an
exception for classics.