Acknowledgments for the First Edition (2005)

No one learns about the Linux shell in a vacuum, and I have hundreds of writers, working over decades, to thank for educating me about the awesome possibilities provided by the Linux command line. Books, websites, blogs, handouts at LUG meetings: All helped me learn about bash and the beauty of the Linux command line, and they continue to teach me today. If I can give back just a fraction of what I have absorbed, I’ll be satisfied.

In addition to that general pool of knowledgeable individuals, I’d like to thank the people (and animals) who gave me help and support during the writing of Linux Phrasebook.

My agent, Laura Lewin, who has been helpful in too many ways for me to recount.

My editors at Pearson, ...

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