Python for Unix and Linux System Administration
Python for Unix and Linux System Administration by Jeremy M. Jones and Noah Gift
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 464
- ISBN:
- 0596515820
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
- Publication Date:
- Aug. 22, 2008
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 1692
Python is an ideal language for solving problems, especially for Linux and Unix. This book reviews various tasks that often occur in the management of these systems, and helps administrators learn how Python can provide a way to handle them. It also helps to develop command-line utilities with Python to tackle a wide range of problems.
Reviews for Python for Unix and Linux System Administration
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Great book for admins
Rated out of 5 stars, May 12th, 2009
I found this book to be totally different to most "Learning Python" sytle books, by throwing you in at the deep end. In my opinion, the expected audience will already have dabbled with shell scripting/Perl. An understanding of *nix result codes, pipes, stdin/stderr/stdout will save you some time. If you are looking for a book that teaches python from the ground up, this isn't for you. However for those quick fixes, this book is (in my humble opinion) unbeatable.