A pretty handy ‘starter’ guide to Unix programming.

I’m no master, but the advice in this book seems sound.

Plus, it gives me some basis for inevitable technical arguments that I occasionally get into.

Wonderful book. It’s not technical, but it does provide you wtih a though-provoking overview of the Unix philosophy.

Almost a “zen of unix programming”.

Overall, a good book. Like a lot of ESR’s stuff it comes with some baggage, but you can overlook that. This needs to be read with a solid counterweight like ‘The Pragmatic Programmer’ to even things out a bit.