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Bash Series Complete

by dboth • 01/09/2024

My Bash series, Learning Bash and How to Program It, is complete. I hope you find it useful.

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← Bash Series Partially Complete

Book News

Be sure to check my personal web site for news of my books. My first book, “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins,” was published in 2018 by Apress.

My second project – a series of three books that make up a complete Linux self study course – “Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin,” also from Apress, was released in December, 2019. The Second Edition of this series is now available.

Cyndi Bulka, my yoga teacher and co-author, and I wrote, “Linux for Small Business Owners,” which was released in 2022.

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