The Linux Command Line, 7th Internet Edition Now Available in Swedish

Thanks to the efforts of Josef Andersson, there is now a Swedish translation of the The Linux Command Line available in both HTML and PDF formats. You can find links to both on the "Books" page.

 

Announcing The Linux Command Line Seventh Internet Edition and Third Print Edition

 

Good News Everyone!

I have just released the Seventh Internet Edition of my book. Along with the Internet Edition release, we're just days away from the general availability of the new print edition which is based on the aforementioned Internet Edition.

So what's new? The Seventh Internet Edition is an enhanced version of the previous release with numerous cleanups, fixed typos, and small clarifications throughout. For a detailed list of the changes, see the release notes available here.

The Third Print Edition has been significantly modernized and expanded and contains all the changes found in the Sixth and Seventh Internet editions (the previous print edition was based on the Fifth Internet Edition). You can get all the details at No Starch Press.

Enjoy! 

Announcing The Linux Command Line, 6th Internet Edition

After eighteen months of semi-serious effort, I am pleased to announce the release of the 6th Internet Edition. With nearly forty pages of new, additional content, it's perhaps the largest revision since the book's original release in 2009.

Highlights of the 6th Internet Edition include:

• Updated Package Management chapter.
• Extensive revision of the Storage Devices chapter.
• Coverage of additional shell builtins such as eval, getopts, and select.
• Expansion of the Arrays chapter including how to simulate multi-dimensional arrays.
• There is now a downloadable collection of example scripts appearing in the book.

And many more additions and improvements.

For a detailed list of changes, see the Release Notes.

The 6th Internet Edition is now available for free download at https://LinuxCommand.org/tlcl.php.

Enjoy!

Recent Change to Community Translation Policy

I recently added a paragraph to the Community Translation Policy for The Linux Command Line as follows:

Be aware that once you are approved for performing the translation I will add your name and email address to the "Books" page on LinuxCommand.org so that others can contact you regarding your progress and perhaps offer you assistance in the translation.

I am hoping that with change I can get some of the translations moving. Some of them have been "in progress" for more than 5 years and it would be great if they got finished.

I will be making the change to the "Books" page soon, so keep an eye out for your chance to contact one of the translation team to offer help or encouragement.

Adventures with the Linux Command Line, First Internet Edition

I've just released the first Internet edition of my new book, Adventures with the Linux Command Line. This 250+ page volume is a sequel/supplement to The Linux Command Line (TLCL).  With 14 action-packed chapters, it covers a variety of skill-enhancing topics intended for makers, students, and anyone who wants to take their knowledge of the command line and shell scripting to the next level. 

The First Internet Edition is available in two forms. First, as a series of web pages in the Adventures section of LinuxCommand.org and second, as a PDF book like the Internet edition of The Linux Command Line. The PDF book is released under the same Creative Commons license (BY-NC-ND) as TLCL.

The book is available now for free download. You can get it in the Books section of LinuxCommand.org.

Happy keyboarding!