Preface

Linux

A Practical Guide to Linux® Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Fourth Edition, explains how to work with the Linux operating system from the command line. The first few chapters of this book build a foundation for learning about Linux. The rest of the book covers more advanced topics and goes into more detail. This book does not describe a particular release or distribution of Linux but rather pertains to all recent versions of Linux.

macOS

This book also explains how to work with the UNIX/Linux foundation of macOS. It looks “under the hood,” past the traditional GUI (graphical user interface) that most people associate with the Macintosh, and explains how to use the powerful command-line interface (CLI) that connects you ...

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