Effective Shell
A Practical User's Guide to Working Smarter on the Command Line
$68.87
- Paperback
472 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2025
Summary
Master the tools. Build the workflow. Own the shell.
Effective Shell is the hands-on guide for developers who want to master the command line—not just to get around, but to build a fast, flexible, and portable development environment.
This isn’t a tour of shell commands. It’s a blueprint for creating workflows that scale across machines, teams, and projects. You’ll go from keystroke-level efficiency to composing powerful pipelines, writing reliable scripts, and automating comm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781718504141 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1718504144 |
| Author: | David Kerr |
| Publisher: | No Starch Press,US |
| Imprint: | No Starch Press,US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 472 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 177mm |
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About The Author
David Kerr
Dave Kerr is a software engineer and consultant with over 15 years of experience helping teams design modern platforms, scale infrastructure, and automate everything from deployment to developer onboarding. He has led high-stakes engineering initiatives, from launching digital banks to building telco backends, and today focuses on agentic AI, developer experience, and open source. Outside the terminal, you’ll find him in the mountains or clinging to a rock face.
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