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Recommended UNIX Books


Learning the UNIX Operating System
by Grace Todino, John Strang and Jerry Peek; O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN 1-56592-060-0
Harley Hahn's Student Guide to Unix, Second Edition
by Harley Hahn; McGraw-Hill
ISBN 0-07-025492-3
Unix is a Four Letter Word... and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation
by Christopher C. Taylor; freely provided in HTML and PDF.
Learning the VI Editor
by Linda Lamb; O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN 1-56592-426-6
Learning the bash Shell
by Cameron Newham; O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN 0-596-00965-8
Linux in a Nutshell
by Ellen Siever, et al; O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN 0-596-00482-6
When You Can't Find Your UNIX System Administrator
by Linda Mui; O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN 1-56592-104-6
UNIX for the Impatient, 2nd Edition
by Paul Abrahams and Bruce Larson; Addison-Wesley
ISBN 0-201-82376-4
The UNIX C Shell Field Guide
by Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson; Prentice Hall
ISBN 0-13-937468-X
KornShell Programming Tutorial
by Barry Rosenberg; Addison-Wesley
ISBN 0-201-56324-X

SAS Users might want to visit the SAS Publishing Bookstore, and review the variety of books and e-books available. Documentation is also available on the web. Find it on the SSCC Software Manuals page.

The Little SAS(R) Book is a primer that is task-oriented, and makes it easy to find your way into SAS programs. In the Know... SAS Tips and Techniques From Around the Globe is a 280-page collection of tips and examples in the use of SAS. These books must be ordered from the SAS Books by Users Press.

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