A gentle introduction to the command line and the UNIX toolset.

The UNIX toolset, like the one you'll find in Linux and OSX, is the work environment of choice of a very large number of programmers and research scientists. If you are interested in a career as a programmer, data analyst, or researcher, you'll need to master it.

This book will teach you all you need to get started. UNIX can be daunting until you understand its logic: by the end of the book you will, and you'll know where to look for more.

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