In terms of Shell stuff, I use a 15 year old copy of the manual for MKS Toolkit. Essentially, its just old man pages, but on dead tree parts. The bits I need to refer to often are the loop constructs, and the tests. Then I sometimes look up the man page for more info. When I first got into Linux, I found two books specifically about learning Linux for Windows Sysadmins. One has as a contributing author, or co-author (not sure which) someone local, probably on this list. And I don't have either one anymore: the company paid for them, the company kept them. One was co-written by Peter Norton of Windows unDelete fame. Rob -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. Automation Delivers! http://talksoftware.echlin.ca Ottawa, ON 613-726-1159 ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike <kenziem [ at ] sympatico [ dot ] ca> To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:10:55 PM Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] linux book recommendations On February 13, 2008, Ralph Boland wrote: > I think it is time for me to buy a good book on Linux > and also one on the bash shell. > > Can anyone make recommendations Check out the books at the Ottawa Public library, they've added several titles. Several books are also available online. I agree with the others I've yet to find one that I use regularly. -- Collector of vintage computers http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600 _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/