This section provides further reading for the topics covered in Chapter 1, Linux and its user interfaces.
The Linux manual pages (discussed in Section 2.1, “Manual (man) pages”) can also be found on the Web; the Wikipedia article on Unix manual pages has a list of repositories.
GNU has a list of manuals for all of its software.
The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is a massive source of information, with many guides, HOWTOs, and other documents.
Prof. Norman Matloff at UC-Davis has a Unix and Linux Tutorial Center, with numerous articles on Unix/Linux and programming in C.
LinuxCommand.org has a short tutorial and some information on shell scripting and other topics.
Machtelt Garrels has written an Introduction to Linux.[45]
Google offers a Linux-only special search.
As for books:
Barr, Joe. CLI for Noobies: A Primer on the Linux Command Line. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2008.
Barrett, Daniel J. Linux Pocket Guide. Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media, 2004.
Bovet, Daniel, and Marco Cesati. Understanding the Linux Kernel. 3rd ed. Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media, 2005.
Dalheimer, Matthias Kalle, and Matt Welsh. Running Linux. 5th ed. Sebastopol: O'Reilly, 2006.
Raymond, Eric Steven. The Art of Unix Programming. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. This book can also be found online at the author's website.
Siever, Ellen, et al. Linux in a Nutshell. 5th ed. Sebastopol: O'Reilly, 2005.
Sobell, Mark G. A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005.
Stutz, Michael. The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use. 2nd ed. San Francisco: No Starch Press, 2004.
Binh Nguyen has a TLDP guide on the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy.[45]
You can also learn quite a bit about the file system from man hier.[46]
[45] The direct link provided is for the “chunked” HTML version of that guide. If you want to pick a different format, check the TLDP's guides section.
[46] Barr, CLI for Noobies, 32.