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I use my ebooks for reference: * GNU grep and ripgrep (https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnugrep_ripgrep/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnugrep_r

by asicsp 4y ago

I use my ebooks for reference: * GNU grep and ripgrep (https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnugrep_ripgrep/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnugrep_ripgrep/) * GNU sed (https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnused/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnused/) * GNU awk (https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnuawk/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnuawk/) * Ruby one-liners cookbook (https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_ruby_oneliners/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_ruby_oneliners/) * Perl one-liners cookbook (https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_perl_oneliners/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_perl_oneliners/) * Command line text processing with GNU Coreutils (https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreutils/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreuti...) * Command line text processing with Rust tools (https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_rust/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_rust/) — work-in-progress * Computing from the Command Line (https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli-computing/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli-computing/) — work-in-progress

parentheses 4y ago
Great work! Seriously cool e-books! (edit: reading this i sound like a jerk. wasn’t trying to be one.) However, these are books not cheat sheets. Cheat sheets are about glance ability and one page ness.
- asicsp 4y ago
  That's a fair point, something like `tldr` and `cheat.sh` mentioned elsewhere in this thread.
kungfufrog 4y ago
I consider myself pretty experienced at shell-fu and capable of doing most things I set out to achieve in either bash scripts or fearless one-liners. However, my awk is rudimentary at best, I think mostly because it's such an unforgiving environment to experiment in. These books you've written are great for a bit of first principles insight and then quickly building up to functional usage. I will have no hesitation in referring colleagues to them! Do you have a patreon or something similar? Do you accept pull requests for collaboration? Thanks for creating such great free material!
- parentheses 4y ago
  I suggest: C-x C-e in the CLI (not sure if it’s zsh only) will open your command line in your $EDITOR - useful to get code highlighting and write multi line commands if that’s the blocker. The problem is iterating. OR Pipe your awk input to a file and then use this thing I wrote to build up your awk program. I use it most often with `jq`. https://github.com/bigH/interactively https://github.com/bigH/interactively
- asicsp 4y ago
  Thanks a lot for the feedback :) Curious about what kind of issues you had with `awk`. Perhaps https://awk.js.org/ https://awk.js.org/ could help? >Do you have a patreon or something similar? I pay my bills by selling PDF/EPUB versions of these books. Purchase links are mentioned in the 'Buy' page. You can also visit https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/ https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/ or https://leanpub.com/u/learnbyexample https://leanpub.com/u/learnbyexample >Do you accept pull requests for collaboration? Not currently. You can file issues on GitHub (links are mentioned in the preface chapter) for typos/bugs/suggestions/etc. Markdown source for these books are also available on GitHub.
  - kungfufrog 4y ago
    That AWK REPL in JS is amazing! Just what I need for a playground to refine my understanding of its language. Thank you! I will consider buying the books and spread the word :) Thanks again!
- dc-programmer 4y ago
  The AWK Programming Language is great too. Every technical book should be written this way: describe feature, show feature through example, include cookbooks of useful commands. https://ia903404.us.archive.org/0/items/pdfy-MgN0H1joIoDVoIC7/The_AWK_Programming_Language.pdf https://ia903404.us.archive.org/0/items/pdfy-MgN0H1joIoDVoIC...
  - kungfufrog 4y ago
    Thanks for the link, had a quick peruse, looks very comprehensive!
panki27 4y ago
I stumbled upon your vi post a few days ago, really like the style. Keep it up!
- asicsp 4y ago
  Thanks a lot for the feedback, feels great to know the content style suited well for you :)
jjice 4y ago
I see you sell your books as ebooks (awesome BTW), but there's no print option. I've been looking into publishing methods for a book I've been writing, and having a print copy is very appealing (I'm a big physical book fan, personally). I see a lot of modern software books are digital only. Is this due to the margins on print being much lower than digital? Print on demand is a really neat concept to me, but seems to come at a cost. Just curious to hear from someone who's been around the block with this.
- asicsp 4y ago
  I haven't really looked into print on demand. I started with ebooks since that seemed the easiest option for me. And it is easy for readers to get updated versions. My books are around 100 pages and I've seen a few readers mentioning that they just print it themselves.

by asicsp 4y ago

parentheses 4y ago

Great work! Seriously cool e-books! (edit: reading this i sound like a jerk. wasn’t trying to be one.) However, these are books not cheat sheets. Cheat sheets are about glance ability and one page ness.

asicsp 4y ago
That's a fair point, something like `tldr` and `cheat.sh` mentioned elsewhere in this thread.

kungfufrog 4y ago

I consider myself pretty experienced at shell-fu and capable of doing most things I set out to achieve in either bash scripts or fearless one-liners. However, my awk is rudimentary at best, I think mostly because it's such an unforgiving environment to experiment in. These books you've written are great for a bit of first principles insight and then quickly building up to functional usage. I will have no hesitation in referring colleagues to them! Do you have a patreon or something similar? Do you accept pull requests for collaboration? Thanks for creating such great free material!

parentheses 4y ago
I suggest: C-x C-e in the CLI (not sure if it’s zsh only) will open your command line in your $EDITOR - useful to get code highlighting and write multi line commands if that’s the blocker. The problem is iterating. OR Pipe your awk input to a file and then use this thing I wrote to build up your awk program. I use it most often with `jq`. https://github.com/bigH/interactively https://github.com/bigH/interactively
asicsp 4y ago
Thanks a lot for the feedback :) Curious about what kind of issues you had with `awk`. Perhaps https://awk.js.org/ https://awk.js.org/ could help? >Do you have a patreon or something similar? I pay my bills by selling PDF/EPUB versions of these books. Purchase links are mentioned in the 'Buy' page. You can also visit https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/ https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/ or https://leanpub.com/u/learnbyexample https://leanpub.com/u/learnbyexample >Do you accept pull requests for collaboration? Not currently. You can file issues on GitHub (links are mentioned in the preface chapter) for typos/bugs/suggestions/etc. Markdown source for these books are also available on GitHub.
- kungfufrog 4y ago
  That AWK REPL in JS is amazing! Just what I need for a playground to refine my understanding of its language. Thank you! I will consider buying the books and spread the word :) Thanks again!
dc-programmer 4y ago
The AWK Programming Language is great too. Every technical book should be written this way: describe feature, show feature through example, include cookbooks of useful commands. https://ia903404.us.archive.org/0/items/pdfy-MgN0H1joIoDVoIC7/The_AWK_Programming_Language.pdf https://ia903404.us.archive.org/0/items/pdfy-MgN0H1joIoDVoIC...
- kungfufrog 4y ago
  Thanks for the link, had a quick peruse, looks very comprehensive!

panki27 4y ago

I stumbled upon your vi post a few days ago, really like the style. Keep it up!

asicsp 4y ago
Thanks a lot for the feedback, feels great to know the content style suited well for you :)

jjice 4y ago

I see you sell your books as ebooks (awesome BTW), but there's no print option. I've been looking into publishing methods for a book I've been writing, and having a print copy is very appealing (I'm a big physical book fan, personally). I see a lot of modern software books are digital only. Is this due to the margins on print being much lower than digital? Print on demand is a really neat concept to me, but seems to come at a cost. Just curious to hear from someone who's been around the block with this.

asicsp 4y ago
I haven't really looked into print on demand. I started with ebooks since that seemed the easiest option for me. And it is easy for readers to get updated versions. My books are around 100 pages and I've seen a few readers mentioning that they just print it themselves.