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Universal Command Guide: For Operating Systems [Companion CD Only]

by: Guy Lotgering, Universal Command Guide (UCG) Training Team,
en

0764548336  9780764548338 

 

  UNIVERSAL COMMAND GUIDE FOR OS's: CD, 460MB CD of O/S data

Homepage:
h*ttp://www.ucgbook.com/

The Universal Command Guide is a supurb resource for Cross-Platform work. Mcft Commands, Unix commands, Novell..etc.etc.

INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE:

COMMAND SAMPLES FROM THE BOOK
AND CD-ROM
(IN *.PDF FORMAT)

I CROSS-REFERENCES
Chapter 1 - Quick Command Index
CD-ROM - Novell NetWare Cross-Referencing
CD-ROM - Mcft Cross-Referencing
CD-ROM - UNIX/Linux Cross-Referencing
CD-ROM - UNIX/Linux Shell command Cross-Referencing
Chapter 1 - Cross-Referencing actions
Note: Cross-Reference actions were used in cross-referencing when the functionality
existed but there was no suitable command.

II NET WARE SYSTEMS
Chapter 2 - Universal NetWare Commands
Chapter 3 - Shared NetWare 4,5 and 6 Commands
Chapter 4 - Other NetWare Commands

III Mcft SYSTEMS
Chapter 5 - Universal Windows Commands
Chapter 6 - Other Windows Commands
Chapter 7 - 95 Windows Control Panel Cross-References
Chapter 8 - DOS 6.22 Commands

IV UNIX AND LINUX SYSTEMS
Chapter 9 - Universal Unix Commands
Chapter 10 - AIX Commands
Chapter 11 - Red Hat Linux Commands
Chapter 12 - BSD Commands
Chapter 13 - Solaris 8 Commands
Chapter 14 - Solaris 7 Commands
UNIX/Linux Shells on the CD-ROM:
ASH, BASH, Bourne, C, Korn, TC, Z

V MACINTOSH SYSTEMS
Chapter 15 - Macintosh Commands

 


By Guy Lotgering, Universal Command Guide (UCG) Training Team,

 

 


Date: 2006-07-10   Rating: 2
Review:

Not worth the money

This book portends to be a universal command guide, and in all fairness they managed to get a good number of commands in the text. Unfortunately the ones the missed are significant (e.g. UNIX tar, which is universal in UNIX and Linux). I would not recommend this book for someone looking for help in distinguishing the difference in Linux and BSD commands.



Date: 2005-08-05   Rating: 5
Review:

my review on this book

The book is amazing, it has all the commands i need, from windows to UNIX, but the downside of this is it doesn't have the HP-UX version. i hope they release an updated version of this book with the ones they're missing. One more thing is the pages of this book are too thin, one false move might cause the page to break. I hope the next release should more physically better. I hope you release a universal database version too. And for all the authors of this book out there... keep up the good work.



Date: 2002-11-13   Rating: 4
Review:

UCG book in research and teaching

I had waited a long time for a book that could serve me as "manual pages" for different operating systems.

Best part of this book is that if you are familiar with one OS you can now find the similar command in another OS. Afterall, when learning commands of a new OS the most difficult part (atleast for myself) was to ask the right questions - what can you do in this OS? I've used the book to find right commands for optimizing my Linux environment for heavy Matlab use and the book has served it's purpose well.

Because of good indexing of the book I feel that it is also good material for university students, especially for Operating systems courses.

There is one bad thing about the book, though. It is extremely big and heavy - and will probably ruin your bookbag ;D



Date: 2002-10-13   Rating: 5
Review:

Ambitious...and it delivers

While initially quite skeptical of a book attempting to cover such disparate operating systems, the reality is that I have found this volume to be indespensible. Since I work with Red Hat Linux primarily and Solaris (v8) also rather frequently, it's easy use the UCG to get the syntax differences of those two environments. Sure, I could just scan the man pages -- but the already well-worn out copy of my UCG has enough bookmarks and paperclip (and yellow highlights) to make turning to it easier. It has also helped me better understand that there are quite a few ways to perform networking tasks using the Windows command line (as opposed to becoming dependent on the GUI). The charts showing the equivalency of commands across the diverse operating environments is a real time-saver. As a partisan of the O'Reilly books, I've come to the general conclusion that the value of a book is inversely proportional to its size. A big, thick book is generally fluff. But, this one is the exception.



Date: 2002-05-28   Rating: 4
Review:

missing HPUX and Digital UNIX

This book is very complete for the OS's it covers. However, it doesn't cover HPUX or Digital Unix, which, AFAIK, are pretty popular variants of UNIX (especially HPUX).

Don't get me wrong...it's a real buy. The cross-reference and details (including examples) are excellent, and it's a "must" for persons having to deal with a heterogeneous OS environment; or for admins/users having to get used to a new OS.

I just wish the cover didn't say, "Every Command \ Every Operating System \ Cross-Referenced Together". That, to me, is misleading.