Acknowledgments

However you slice it, you can't write a book locked in a cave (even if there's a highspeed Internet line and fancy computer therein), and this book has evolved over many, many years, starting out its life as an Interactive Unix tutorial book I was writing for Sun Microsystems. In the interim a number of people have added their spices to the stew, most notably my co-author for the first and second editions of Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours, James C. Armstrong, Jr.

In this new fourth edition, I've been delighted by the cooperative and talented team at Sams Publishing, again, and would like to specifically thank Jenny Watson, Scott Meyers, and Matthew Purcell for their dedication to this title, and my tech editor Timothy Boronczyk ...

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