Unix for the Begi ing Mage

If you want to learn the OS X command line, but find the available books intimidating, bristle at the thought you should read anything for "dummies," or just worry that you may by eaten by a grue while plumbing the depths of /dev/random, Unix for the Begi ing Mage may be just what you're looking for. The book, available as a free PDF download, takes a humorous a roach to learning some basic features of the unix shell and environment. The premise is that you are a mage in some D%26am D i ired world learning to cast %26quot ell quot; from the command line. The better your ellcasting becomes, the farther you advance through the "Tower of Nix." Best of all, the example commands are all executed in the OS X Terminal.a , although it's basic enough the examples should work without too much effort on other unices as well. So if you've been avoiding the command line, you're officially out of excuse drop by and read this very, very gentle introduction to Unix the Unix Mages have put together.

Just keep a Scroll of Kill -9 ready and watch out for that grue.

[thanks Scott!]