well, the best idea i would suggest is -
1. start by some very simple books. google for some newbie guides, L/Unix for dummies, basics of unix/linux, teach yourself unix in 24 hrs, 24 days, months etc..(it should be years, actually.. remember Peter Norvig's "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years" ?!?!)
2. then slowly move to shell scripting (the same way - newbie guides, etc)
3. while doing this two steps, you will automatically find yourself the books you are looking for.
Hi,
I'm a beginner and am learning c programming. I want to learn UNIX/LINUX in parallel. But I don't know difference between UNIX and LINUX and where they are applied in real life. As a beginner, some people asked me to start with UNIX. Please let me know some very good books for UNIX. Also a... (6 Replies)
In case you have not seen it, we have a UNIX and Linux Timeline on FB.
If you have a few free moments, could you review the timeline and post back here in this thread with your suggestions and ideas for new entries and milestones?
Thanks! (1 Reply)
I am begginer to perl scripting, i like to learn all the functionality of the perl scrpting , Could you please help me on this :confused::confused: (2 Replies)
I am new to unix world. I just know some basic commands only and some basics knowledge about unix. Anyone please suggest me from where should I start. Suggest me some book that could help me from the beginning. Presently I am working in php in a company and I want to move in unix. Please suggest me... (1 Reply)
Not totally new to Linux. Have done distro installs before. At this point, I'm looking for a way out of the MS lock down I've been in. Looking for a good beginner/intermediate book. One that will cover things such as server installs as well as things like X-Windows/SAMBA installs from CLI. What I... (2 Replies)
I am new to program development on Linux.
I wonder what computer languages are easy to grasp to create man - machine interactive interface software, which can accept inputs (parameters) from usrers, and present (display) the calculation results to users.
Before, I have heared about Perl,... (10 Replies)
hey,
i am a pretty good linux/unix user but i would like to discover the full capabilities of linux/unix. i have "unix unleashed , by sams" any other books/websites reccomendations. thanks (2 Replies)
Linux::Distribution(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Linux::Distribution(3pm)NAME
Linux::Distribution - Perl extension to detect on which Linux distribution we are running.
SYNOPSIS
use Linux::Distribution qw(distribution_name distribution_version);
if(my $distro = distribution_name) {
my $version = distribution_version();
print "you are running $distro, version $version
";
} else {
print "distribution unknown
";
}
Or else do it OO:
use Linux::Distribution qw(distribution_name distribution_version);
my $linux = Linux::Distribution->new;
if(my $distro = $linux->distribution_name()) {
my $version = $linux->distribution_version();
print "you are running $distro, version $version
";
} else {
print "distribution unknown
";
}
DESCRIPTION
This is a simple module that tries to guess on what linux distribution we are running by looking for release's files in /etc. It now looks
for 'lsb-release' first as that should be the most correct and adds ubuntu support. Secondly, it will look for the distro specific files.
It currently recognizes slackware, debian, suse, fedora, redhat, turbolinux, yellowdog, knoppix, mandrake, conectiva, immunix, tinysofa,
va-linux, trustix, adamantix, yoper, arch-linux, libranet, gentoo, ubuntu, scientific, oracle enterprise linux and redflag.
It has function to get the version for debian, suse, fedora, redhat, gentoo, slackware, scientific, oracle enterprise linux, redflag and
ubuntu(lsb). People running unsupported distro's are greatly encouraged to submit patches :-)
EXPORT
None by default.
TODO
Add the capability of recognize the version of the distribution for all recognized distributions.
AUTHORS
Alexandr Ciornii <alexchorny@gmail.com>, <http://chorny.net> Alberto Re, <alberto@accidia.net> Judith Lebzelter, <judith@osdl.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
perl v5.14.2 2012-03-18 Linux::Distribution(3pm)
