Hello Friends
I am a
J2EE Java Developer with very good experience working in NT, Because most of my work circles around NT i did not get much hands on in UNIX platform. But investment banks ask for UNIX/Perl/Oracle experience as a must.
I have basic knowledge of Unix/Linux but want to become very good in Shell
scripting using VI ,so I can do day to day banking back office jobs using shell scripting.
I have a laptop with XP on it right now.
Options
1.Whether to experience dual boot in the same laptop or have XP/Linux..
If so which is the best version and easiest version to do and instal and get into using the linux quickly?
Or
2.Is it advisable to get a free shell account and start practicing straight away.?
Confused looking into amazon about which book to buy for Linux or Unix
Shell Scripting?
Classic Shell Scripting?
Linux Shell Scripting with Bash?
Mastering Unix Shell Scripting?
Linux in a NutShell or Running Linux?
Please any comments would be greatly appreciated. I am very keen to get into Shell scripting to use for database or file related applications??
Thanks
Farouk