Linux Pocket Guide: Essential Commands
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- Create Date：2021-03-07 03:20:26
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Daniel J. Barrett
- ISBN：1491927577
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Summary
If you use Linux in your day-to-day work， this popular pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job reference。 The third edition features new commands for processing image files and audio files， running and killing programs， reading and modifying the system clipboard， and manipulating PDF files， as well as other commands requested by readers。 You'll also find powerful command-line idioms you might not be familiar with， such as process substitution and piping into bash。
Linux Pocket Guide provides an organized learning path to help you gain mastery of the most useful and important commands。 Whether you're a novice who needs to get up to speed on Linux or an experienced user who wants a concise and functional reference， this guide provides quick answers。
Selected topics include:
The filesystem and shell
File creation and editing
Text manipulation and pipelines
Backups and remote storage
Viewing and controlling processes
User account management
Becoming the superuser
Network connections
Audio and video
Installing software
Programming with shell scripts
Linux Pocket Guide provides an organized learning path to help you gain mastery of the most useful and important commands。 Whether you're a novice who needs to get up to speed on Linux or an experienced user who wants a concise and functional reference， this guide provides quick answers。
Selected topics include:
The filesystem and shell
File creation and editing
Text manipulation and pipelines
Backups and remote storage
Viewing and controlling processes
User account management
Becoming the superuser
Network connections
Audio and video
Installing software
Programming with shell scripts
Reviews
Jon
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Put this next to your toilet + download termux on your phone => improve your linux knowledge with every toilet break :D
Guthrie C。
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This pint-sized tome punches hard beyond its weight-class！ I had been searching for a book that was comprehensive enough to both teach my children about Linux and its command line while showing me new ideas on commands I barely knew about， if at all。 This book achieved both through clear prose and complete enough descriptions to get you started， while also pointing to info and man for more。 I highly recommend it for readers who are interested in getting more out of Linux， from n00b to intermedia This pint-sized tome punches hard beyond its weight-class！ I had been searching for a book that was comprehensive enough to both teach my children about Linux and its command line while showing me new ideas on commands I barely knew about， if at all。 This book achieved both through clear prose and complete enough descriptions to get you started， while also pointing to info and man for more。 I highly recommend it for readers who are interested in getting more out of Linux， from n00b to intermediate。 Advanced Linux users may also appreciate having a handy bookshelf reference available for more arcane commands。 。。。more
Vinicius
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A great introduction or reference book， introductory but still powerful。
Rick Muële
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One-liner: Read it。 4。5 stars
Megan
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Clearly this was for work。 However， I found it to be somewhat astonishingly readable。 It also stands as a pretty good reference with a lot of information in a short space。
Timpark
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Information was laid out in a nice way。
mysteriou5tranger
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There is nothing in this book that you cannot find on the man pages， Stack Overflow， Wikipedia， etc。 However， it can be helpful to have an extensive， convenient and organized collection of commands written in pedagogical language， if only to introduce yourself to commands that you might otherwise not be aware of。 This book will not make you a shell wizard unless you practice on your own; the collection of files that supplement this book can give you an opportunity to familiarize yourself with th There is nothing in this book that you cannot find on the man pages， Stack Overflow， Wikipedia， etc。 However， it can be helpful to have an extensive， convenient and organized collection of commands written in pedagogical language， if only to introduce yourself to commands that you might otherwise not be aware of。 This book will not make you a shell wizard unless you practice on your own; the collection of files that supplement this book can give you an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the commands。 。。。more
amrut
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Which Linux Commands to be usedGreat read to know which Linux commands can be used to tackle everyday text processing 。 Nice book to read from front to back cover even if it is reference。 Nicely explained。
Ulas Tuerkmen
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Working on the Linux command line can be a little daunting if you haven't had an introductory course to it。 Googling every single command and finicky detail of how the shell works can get annoying。 Linux Pocket Guide wants to give you a basic understanding of the underlying concepts of the Linux （and more generally Unix） command line， and present its "vocabulary"， i。e。 the basic set of commands which help users get stuff done， so that you at least know what you're Googling （or man'ing， for that Working on the Linux command line can be a little daunting if you haven't had an introductory course to it。 Googling every single command and finicky detail of how the shell works can get annoying。 Linux Pocket Guide wants to give you a basic understanding of the underlying concepts of the Linux （and more generally Unix） command line， and present its "vocabulary"， i。e。 the basic set of commands which help users get stuff done， so that you at least know what you're Googling （or man'ing， for that matter）。 Without understanding certain concepts， it can be difficult to get beyond copying and editing files on Linux。 If you want to keep things under control and do more complicated things like monitoring and stopping non-responsive programs， you have to understand certain topics to a certain extent，such as the difference between a job and a process， or the difference between a hard and a soft link。 Linux Pocket Guide does a great job of providing a good basic knowledge of these and similar topics， and the relevant commands。The commands included are gathered undered various topic areas， such as file or directory operations， viewing processes， or email。 Relevant commands are then listed， with an explanation of what they do， the most important options， and sample uses and output。 Commands for Gnome- or KDE-dependent GUI applications are mixed with textual ones，although more textual commands are discussed。 Despite having used the command line for a while， I had the chance to read up on a number of commands I hadn't heard about， especially for text processing， such as cut and tr。 Linux has simple commands that should be given a first chance when trying to achieve a goal， instead of going for the big guns like sed or awk， and this book is great as a list and short manual of such simple commands。 The author sometimes goes a bit overboard on this， and includes ancient commands such as mt that can be used to rewind and read from a magnetic tape， but fortunately there aren't that many such cases。The explanations in Linux Pocket Guide are much better than most of the results one gets on the web; I will be keeping this book on my work desk for reference and the occasional remembrance of how rich the Linux command line is。 。。。more
Jason Schultz
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Excellent IntroReally enjoyed this book。 Was perfect for the noob just getting started with Linux。 I found that some background knowledge of Linux was required to get the most of this book。 All in all a real winner。 😎👍
Craig
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Good reference guide
Eddie Runner
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good small reference
Onkel Art
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Awesome referenceYou'll constantly be referring back to this book for guidance！ Great help learning and for re-enforcing learning。 Easy to use and search for what you're looking for。 Awesome referenceYou'll constantly be referring back to this book for guidance！ Great help learning and for re-enforcing learning。 Easy to use and search for what you're looking for。 。。。more
Bart Schuijt
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Great introduction to Linux。 As the title indicates this is not a comprehensive guide to Linux， but touches the basics of the operating system， including navigating the file system， manipulating files， connecting to other nodes， writing bash scripts。 Despite the fact I have been using Linux/Unix systems for ±3 years I found some nifty tips about programs I use on a daily basis。 I can recommend it to anyone who recently started working with Linux/Unix。
Nicky Lim
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Good reference book for linux commands。 Helps shed light on shell programs。 A great book on the bookshelf or next to you when you need to code
Sweemeng Ng
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Pretty good guide， more a reference manual to keep on the side when using Linux。 It doesn't cover everything， but it covers the useful one。 Pretty good guide， more a reference manual to keep on the side when using Linux。 It doesn't cover everything， but it covers the useful one。 。。。more
Groot
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Short little reference book （274 pages） that is handy to keep around。 A quick read to provide context for the basics and pique interest in further reading。
Kim Wilhelm
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Not a how to， but an invaluable reference for using the Linux operating system。
Ayoub
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Man pages with clear elaborationSnapshot of man pages with clearer elaboration on each command。 Sufficient pocket guide and quick command argument recalling， hopefully next edition contains detailed examples of command usage
Ibrahim Mohamed
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كتاب رائع جدا ياخد بيديك من ﻻشى فى عالم اللينكس الى مستوى عالى جدا ومعرفه تامه بالسيستم ومعرفه بالاومر التى تكتب فى الترمينال ومعرفه ايضا ببرامج اللينكس كل اللى اقدر اقوله انى استمتعت وانا بقرا كل كلمه فى الكتاب وانا تعمدت كتابة التقييم للكتاب باللغه العربيه ﻻنى لم اجد اناس كثير تكتب تقييمات بالعربى على الكتب الانجيلزيه الحمد لله اللهم علمنا ما ينفعنا وانفعنا بما علمتنا
Mike O'Brien
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What's not to like？ Its cheap， small， and to the point。 Extremely handy。 Between Cisco IOS， Linux/Unix， scripting languages and shellcodes its very easy to forget or mix up commands。 This is the perfect handbook to pull out whenever you need it， and the commands are presented in a logical order， where they are easy to find。 What's not to like？ Its cheap， small， and to the point。 Extremely handy。 Between Cisco IOS， Linux/Unix， scripting languages and shellcodes its very easy to forget or mix up commands。 This is the perfect handbook to pull out whenever you need it， and the commands are presented in a logical order， where they are easy to find。 。。。more
Justin Bremer
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A nice， quick-and-dirty introduction （or reminder！） to Linux， mostly via the command-line interface。 Won't get you any professional certifications， but it will keep you from having to hit Google every time you're not sure what you're doing。 A nice， quick-and-dirty introduction （or reminder！） to Linux， mostly via the command-line interface。 Won't get you any professional certifications， but it will keep you from having to hit Google every time you're not sure what you're doing。 。。。more
Daniel D
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Handy little resource for BASH。 Recommend to new users looking to "power" up。 Handy little resource for BASH。 Recommend to new users looking to "power" up。 。。。more
Alex
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Great book for quick command reference， no need for google that is。
Amanda
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Great！ Very granular with the many commands of Linux （Fedora based）
Keith
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Well organized， terribly useful， mostly still relevant， and good for a few laughs。 What more could one want in a Linux Pocket Guide？
Emaynard
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Very handy。
Jarrodtrainque
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