good overall unix book

I first starting using this book as a novice UNIX user/developer a few years ago and now I am a sysadmin and this book is still with me on my desk. With the exception of the quintessential man pages and the sometimes avaiable UNIX guru, this book provides an explanation of important UNIX thingies (yes I am a Perl-head) raniging from vi,emacs and all the popular shells to NIS and other really esoteric topics which may require further study if more specific info is required. Also, this book which is huge was written by a team which had domain expertise no doubt and thus maximises the use of the pages. Definitely a prime candidate for UNIX books if your on the market for one and don't know where to begin .

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