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Norbert Kurz Feb 03, 2014

I always use the bash for my daily work as a System Operator but always heared that the Z shell should be more powerful. And indeed it is. With this book as a good introduction to the alternative shell I mastered the Zsh very quick. This Book ist perfect if you have no knowledge of Zsh and maybe a bit bash knowledge, so if you are new or want to change the shell this should be the book of your choice. But it is not a Linux reference so if you want to learn Linux you should buy something else. The explanations are easy to understand and everything is also explained with an example. The only thing which can be a bit disturbing are the jokes, they can be funny but I won't promise it.So I can recommend this book to anyone who has at least a bit of Linux knowledge and wants to learn the Z Shell. I can't guarantee you that you will enjoy the jokes but you will certainly learn how to use the best shell in an easy and memorizable way. The Author did a good Job

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software_craftsman Dec 02, 2018

I thought it was a gentle introduction zsh abilities and is succinct in explaining the capabilities of the zsh. Good overall book

Luca Ferrari Dec 05, 2017

In the beginning it was a little boring, but then it goes into the trickery of zsh making you more aware of what you can do with such an amazing shell.

C. Neukirchen Mar 16, 2014

[Full disclosure: I have received a digital copy of the book in exchange forthis review.]The book is titled "Learning Shell Scripting with Zsh: Your one-stopguide to reading, writing, and debugging simple and complex Z shellscripts" which could not be more wrong. A far more appropriate titlewould have been: "Getting started with Zsh: Your guide to interactive useand first steps of customization".A first glance through the table of contents proves me right: Thereare chapters on "Getting started", "Alias and History", "AdvancedEditing", "Globbing", "Completion", and "Tips and Tricks", but noexplicit mention of writing shell scripts for purposes other thancustomization of an interactive shell.I'm not completely sure of the target audience: The book assumes basicfamiliarity with (Bourne) shell already, half-heartedly explains pipesor redirections as well as how to define shell functions, bute.g. there is no mention of how to pass or parse arguments. After asingle example of a very simple completion function in Chapter 5 (withexplanation), the reader is assumed know enough for writing his owncompletions. I highly doubt that.I found the book riddled with small mistakes, imprecise to wrongexplanations and plain terribly sloppy typesetting of the codeexamples, which hurts particularly in a book about shell where syntaxis lax but proper newlines matter.Examples are often not very well chosen and occasionally confusingeven to me, who is very familiar with the topic.The over-emphatic style with its needless rambling and cheeky languagedoes not save the book but probably annoys the reader even more. (Ihope not to ever read "You know, because widescreen." in a bookagain.) Without, a lot more actual content and perhaps a realintroduction to shell *usage* would have fit into these compact 118pages.The book finishes with a recommendation to read "From Bash To Z Shell"next. All I can recommend is: better skip this book completely andstart with that one if you are interested in a good book about zsh.

Andrew George Oct 27, 2021

I'm not sure if it's the book or the subject. There isn't anything on function arguments and the majority of the content is focused on stupid customization. While personalized systems can improve the efficiency of operation, there isn't much point if the system cannot be used to automate a process. Bash in a nutshell was a bit dense for the subject, but one need not finish the book before the subject matter can be put to use.

Learning Shell Scripting with Zsh: Your one-stop guide to reading, writing, and debugging simple and complex Z shell scripts.

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