Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page 2 3rd Point in the Section "What Is a Shell?" |
"(output to the file phonelist.sorted)" previously had a space between "phone" and "list.sorted". It NOW READS "phonelist.sorted". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2006 | |
| Printed | Page 27 last sentence of page |
"If you use neither vi or emacs": Change 'or' to 'nor' |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 2008 | |
| Printed | Page 47 first example |
$ fc -l cp > lastcommands$ vi lastcommands$ source lastcommands NOW READS: $ fc -l cp > lastcommands $ vi lastcommands $ source lastcommands |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2006 | |
| Printed | Page 63 2nd example line in the section "Variables and Quoting" |
$ fred='Four spaces between these words.' previously had only a single space between "these" and "words". It NOW HAS four, as the output of the echo "$fred" statement on the next page shows. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2006 | |
| Printed | Page 83 Figure 4-1 |
Figure 4-1 should be changed to match that in the 2nd Edition. Item b: source alice should read: alice Item c: source alice & should read: alice & |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 2008 | |
| Printed | Page 87 5th paragraph, 3rd line of code sample |
echo "alice: $*" NOW READS: echo "alice: $@" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2006 | |
| Printed | Page 115 4th paragraph |
"Task 5-1" should be "Task 4-1" |
Anonymous | May 23, 2009 | Sep 01, 2009 |
| Printed | Page 144 Middle of the page |
#Process the input files for filename in "$*"; do NOW READS: #Process the input files for filename in "$@"; do |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2006 | |
| Printed | Page 160 source listing block |
for (( j=i; j < numvalues; j++ )); do if [ ${values[j]} -le ${values[$lowest]}; then lowest=$j fi done -> for (( j=i; j < numvalues; j++ )); do if [ ${values[j]} -le ${values[$lowest]} ]; then lowest=$j fi done |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 2007 | |
| Printed | Page 207 middle of 2nd line of 2nd paragraph |
where printed it's a bit like concatening the the results of plain ps must be it's a bit like concatening the results of plain ps |
Anonymous | Sep 02, 2009 | Sep 01, 2009 |
| Printed | Page 223 second listing (right after "For example:") and third listing (right after |
"listings that look like this:"); Both examples previously had .ps8 that shouldn't be there and should have had newlines after the command (in bold). This HAS BEEN CORRECTED. Also, there was previously an extra "x"; xxtrace NOW READS xtrace. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2006 | |
| Printed | Page 260 second bullet point |
The script was missing some newlines. The commands starting with "chown", "chmod" and "/bin/grep" NOW APPEAR on their own lines. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2006 |