Wicked Cool™ Shell Scripts -- Reviews

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4 stars out of 5: “A hands-on book. Not really a tutorial, but more of a cross-platform scripting cookbook.”
--MacCompanion, August 2005 (Read more)

Q&A with author Dave Taylor
--LinuxWorld, May 30, 2005 (Read more)

Interview with Dave Taylor
--ITWorld.com, "ITWorld.com Voices," Feb. 9, 2005 (Hear interview)

"A well-written book packed with a ton of practical information"
--T.W Duff personal website and Amazon review, Jan. 17, 2005 (Full review)

Named the essential shell scripting book: No honorable mention awarded because "[this book] is so far above anything else available in this area... a must for any new- or intermediate-level Linux adminstrator... This is the book that every other publisher tries to imitate."
--LinuxWorld, January 2005 (Read article)

Write Great Shell Scripts is highlighted in article by Dave Taylor, "Everything You Wanted to Know About the Test Command"
--LinuxWorld, December 2004 (Read article)

"This book can be a great resource for intermediate to experienced shell programmers... All the descriptions are concise and the author explains how the script works, what happens when it executes and even shows the output."
--WebDevReviews (Read article)

"I can't give this book enough praise and high enough recommendation... Quite simply, this is the book that I wish I would've had when I was just learning Linux."
--Linux World editor Steve Suehring's Web Notebook (Full review)

"The book is engagingly written, as one would hope from someone with a Master's degree in Education. The biggest, and most pleasant, surprise is the book is somewhat of a tutorial, rather than simply a compilation."
--Manitoba UNIX Users Group newsletter, November 2004 (Full review)

"With over 100 practical scripts designed especially for UNIX (including Linux and Mac OS X) system administrators and power users, the book focuses on ways to become productive in using the UNIX shell."
--Hosting Resolve (Full review)

Two-page author interview with book cover in the July issue of LinuxWorld Magazine: "In this installment of the Book Rookery, Martin C. Brown speaks with Dave Taylor, author of Wicked Cool™ Shell Scripts, about all the fun things you can do with shell scripts, whether you're running Linux, Mac OS X, or even a mainstream Unix system."
--LinuxWorld Magazine

"If you're interested in the command line and shell scripting, this is an excellent book which will extend your knowledge, and provide more than a hundred ready-to-run scripts."
--MacBlog.com (Read article)

"If you already know how to write rudimentary Unix scripts, here are some tools that'll really float your boat."
--Epinions.com (Full review)

"There is definitely something for everyone in this book."
--Lehigh Valley Linux Users Group (Full review)

"Wicked Cool™ Shell Scripts is not for beginners, but is suggested reading for anyone who enjoys shell scripting or is responsible for administrating systems."
--ITworld.com (Full review)

"This incredibly fun book (really!), written by Dave Taylor, a veteran UNIX, Solaris and Mac OS X author, is chock full of 101 scripts to customize the UNIX (Bourne) shell."
--Slashdot (Full review)

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