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Hello! I'm excited to announce my latest book titled "Command line text processing with GNU Coreutils". You might be already aware of popular coreutils command

by asicsp 5y ago

Hello! I'm excited to announce my latest book titled "Command line text processing with GNU Coreutils". You might be already aware of popular coreutils commands like head, tail, tr, sort, etc. This book will teach you more than twenty of such specialized text processing tools provided by the GNU coreutils package. Plenty of examples are provided to make it easier to understand a particular tool and its various features. Resources for further exploration are also mentioned throughout the book. Visit https://github.com/learnbyexample/cli_text_processing_coreutils https://github.com/learnbyexample/cli_text_processing_coreut... for code snippets, example files, markdown source and other details related to the book. The post link points to the web version of the book. To celebrate the release, the ebook is free till Oct 15. You can get it from Gumroad or Leanpub: * https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_coreutils https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_coreutils * https://leanpub.com/cli_coreutils https://leanpub.com/cli_coreutils You can also get this book as part of a bundle with all my books published so far. It includes grep, sed, awk, perl, ruby one-liner books and five other books. Use this coupon to get the bundle for $5 - https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/all-books/fiver https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/all-books/fiver Hope you find this book useful. I'd highly appreciate your feedback. Happy learning :) --- PS: Four of us indie authors came together for a free Python giveaway for entire month of October. The bundle includes Python 101, Pydon'ts, Practice Python Projects, Python re(gex)? and Clean Architectures in Python books: https://leanpub.com/b/theindiepythonextravaganza/c/pytober https://leanpub.com/b/theindiepythonextravaganza/c/pytober

chintler 5y ago
Thank you for writing and making your books available. I just wish there was some way I could buy them with UPI.
- asicsp 5y ago
  I did have an option couple of years back, but there were hardly any buyers. So I closed that store instead of spending time in keeping them updated. All my books are free to read online: https://github.com/learnbyexample/scripting_course#ebooks https://github.com/learnbyexample/scripting_course#ebooks Also, you could print to pdf using the markdown source from my GitHub repos or use tools like pandoc to convert markdown to pdf/epub.
nobody9999 5y ago
>To celebrate the release, the ebook is free till Oct 15. You can get it from Gumroad or Leanpub: This book is not free before or after 15 October. Both sites linked require giving up PII in order to obtain the book. It would be more accurate to say that the book doesn't cost money, not that it's free. There's a real difference there. That said, it looks like your book is a good resource. Thank you for writing it. Edit: Had you included this link (https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreutils/cover.html https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreuti... ), you could make the claim that it's free.
- asicsp 5y ago
  I do not get your real difference point and I do not wish to argue your point. Regarding your edit, this post itself points to the web version only (which I also mention in the comment you are replying to): https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreutils/introduction.html https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreuti...
  - nobody9999 5y ago
    >I do not get your real difference point and I do not wish to argue your point. Fair enough. I have no argument with you. In fact, I think it's great that you wrote this book. I'm sure it will provide a real benefit to many people. Again, thank you. That said, the comment to which I replied said: >(To celebrate the release, the ebook is free till Oct 15. You can get it from Gumroad or Leanpub:* >* https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_coreutils\ https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_coreutils\* >* https://leanpub.com/cli_coreutils\ https://leanpub.com/cli_coreutils\* The sites above are the folks with whom I have an issue, and I did, in fact, note that you make your work available anonymously for free via github. I think that's great and appreciate your willingness to freely share knowledge and expertise. My point wasn't about you or your book. Rather, it was about two of the sites (Leanpub and Gumroad) that distribute it. All that said, my thoughts are orthogonal to the value and utility of your hard work. Again, thank you for doing so.
- mcspiff 5y ago
  That’s generally the definition of free, yes. You might have a different definition, but it’s certainly not a common one.
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chintler 5y ago

Thank you for writing and making your books available. I just wish there was some way I could buy them with UPI.

asicsp 5y ago
I did have an option couple of years back, but there were hardly any buyers. So I closed that store instead of spending time in keeping them updated. All my books are free to read online: https://github.com/learnbyexample/scripting_course#ebooks https://github.com/learnbyexample/scripting_course#ebooks Also, you could print to pdf using the markdown source from my GitHub repos or use tools like pandoc to convert markdown to pdf/epub.

nobody9999 5y ago

>To celebrate the release, the ebook is free till Oct 15. You can get it from Gumroad or Leanpub: This book is not free before or after 15 October. Both sites linked require giving up PII in order to obtain the book. It would be more accurate to say that the book doesn't cost money, not that it's free. There's a real difference there. That said, it looks like your book is a good resource. Thank you for writing it. Edit: Had you included this link (https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreutils/cover.html https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreuti... ), you could make the claim that it's free.

asicsp 5y ago
I do not get your real difference point and I do not wish to argue your point. Regarding your edit, this post itself points to the web version only (which I also mention in the comment you are replying to): https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreutils/introduction.html https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreuti...
- nobody9999 5y ago
  >I do not get your real difference point and I do not wish to argue your point. Fair enough. I have no argument with you. In fact, I think it's great that you wrote this book. I'm sure it will provide a real benefit to many people. Again, thank you. That said, the comment to which I replied said: >(To celebrate the release, the ebook is free till Oct 15. You can get it from Gumroad or Leanpub:* >* https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_coreutils\ https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_coreutils\* >* https://leanpub.com/cli_coreutils\ https://leanpub.com/cli_coreutils\* The sites above are the folks with whom I have an issue, and I did, in fact, note that you make your work available anonymously for free via github. I think that's great and appreciate your willingness to freely share knowledge and expertise. My point wasn't about you or your book. Rather, it was about two of the sites (Leanpub and Gumroad) that distribute it. All that said, my thoughts are orthogonal to the value and utility of your hard work. Again, thank you for doing so.
mcspiff 5y ago
That’s generally the definition of free, yes. You might have a different definition, but it’s certainly not a common one.

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