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		dewarrn1 on May 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Art of Unix Programming (2008) OK, so you don't think much of ESR. Any alternative recommendations in the same topic area?

abecedarius on May 25, 2014 [–]

Kernighan and Pike, The UNIX Programming Environment.

(I consider ESR's book worthwhile too, and it's less outdated. But K&P is the purest expression I've seen of how to Unix.)

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