Very good introduction to AWK, many advanced examples from the creators of the language AWK

Very good description of the DNS and BIND name services for network administrators

Describes the implementation of UNIX System V Release 3 in detail, but no easy reading. I prefer Goodheart: "The Magic Garden Explained"

Jon Bentley describes the beauty of some algorithms. Not strictly a UNIX book.

Padraic Renaghan (padraic@renaghan.com): "My personal favorite shell book [...]. So far I have learned a ton in just the reading of the first 6 chapters."

For UNIX beginners. Inexpensive: 19,80 DM.

Good reference from the creator of the Korn Shell. Contains advanced examples, but not very well suited for beginners

Very good DOS file format reference; weak PostScript chapter

Very good introduction to UNIX shell and c programming from the creator of the Bourne Shell, the anchestor of ksh, bash, zsh, ... Maybe a little dated, but still worth reading

Introduction to the work with UNIX. Covers shell, c, text processing

Peter S. Tillier (peter.tillier@btinternet.com): "This book is a considerable improvement on the original [1st edition] and, as Arnold Robbins is the gawk maintainer, is a very authoritative book"

Extracts from the "Unix-Haters" mailing list: funny, but biased.

Good introduction for the most common commands, the shell, sed awk and nroff. Many of the sections are covered in manual pages, though

Very good and detailed explanation of UNIX System V Release 4 internals. Fascinating and fun to read - a must-have for ongoing UNIX kernel gurus

Very good and comprehensive reference for many Unix programs

Very good hands-on description of TCP/IP and DNS configuration

Very good hands-on description of TCP/IP and DNS configuration

Very good introduction to the work with (and the programming of) UNIX. Features the source code of a programmable, bc-like calculator

Authorized by SCO

Michael Schuler (mschuler@otelo-online.de): "Ultimative introduction to OSPF routing. Oter routing protocols are handled as well. Moy is the author of the RFCs conerning OSPF, so his competence on the subject is unrivaled"

Good introduction to UNIX device drivers, includes STREAMS drivers

ISBN 0-553-35402-7. Unix tips and tricks on more than 1000 pages - a must-have

Features detailed TLI programming description. Good introduction to STREAMS

Various unrelated examples and solutions related to network programming

Very good description of advanced UNIX programming: inter-process communication using pipes, FIFOs, messages, semaphors, shared memory; record locking. Was the best book on this topic until Stevens´ "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment"

Introduction to the Korn Shell. Includes the source code of a Korn Shell debugger

Various shell scripts and articles about UNIX. In spite of the title some are for beginners

The history of UNIX - only for UNIX enthusiasts.

Teaches shell programming with many extensively explained examples

Lucid reference, somewhat terse

Good introduction to AWK, Lex and Yacc.

The bible of socket programming. The second edition (1997) has been extended for a better coverage of TLI, XTI and Posix threads. A second volume of this series describes inter-process communication (IPC)

Very good reference for modern UNIX system calls. Describes most of POSIX/IEEE 1003.1-1988 without being boring. A must-have for all serious UNIX programmers.

Michael Schuler (mschuler@otelo-online.de): "A good introduction to TCP/IP, not confined to a particular implementation. Almost no UNIX or networking knowledge required."

Describes the implementation of the T/TCP protocol, intended to combine the reliability of TCP with the simplicity of UDP.

Detailed description and reference of the "terminfo" and "termcap" terminal capability databases

Standard reference of TLI, sockets, XDR/RPC

Introduction to the usage of uucp, uuto, uux. Somewhat dated in the time of rcp, mails with attachments and rsh

Small Perl reference; a booklet with 39 pages. This reference is identical to the Perl chapter in "Webmaster in a Nutshell".

Introduction to x windows programming

Michael Schuler (mschuler@otelo-online.de): "Everybody who wants to get acquainted with a working implementation of TCP/IP should consult TCP/IP Illustrated Vol. 2. The complete code of the BSD4.4 implementation is presented with numerous comments. Topics which appear esoteric to the novice in TCP/IP (such as several IP addresses for the same interface) become clear when reading the book. I have however never absorbed the whole book, but only excerpts."