"Could someone give me an easy way to look up the sed and awk commands for Solaris?" asked a time-pressed computer design engineer. Most Solaris users use it in a professional technical environment. They're looking for the fastest way to find a needed command so they can get on with their work. The Solaris Essential Reference assumes that you're well versed in general UNIX skills and simply need some pointers on how to get the most out of Solaris. This book provides clear and concise instruction on how to perform important administration and management tasks, and use some of the more powerful commands and more advanced topics. It includes the best way to implement the most frequently used commands, deal with shell scripting, administer your own system, and utilize effective security. Bonus coverage includes information on third-party software packages available for Solaris that are essential to operating a good system. Such applications are pico, pine, top, TCP Wrappers, and more. "Could someone just give me an easy way to look up the sed and awk commands for Solaris?" said one time-pressed computer design engineer. Most Solaris users use it in a professional technical environment. They're looking for the fastest way to find the command they need so they can for example get onto designing the next generation computer chip. The Solaris Essential Reference assumes that the reader is well versed in general UNIX skills and is simply in need of the some pointers on how to get the most out of Solaris. This title provides clear and concise instruction on how to perform important administration and management tasks, as well as how to use some of the more powerful commands and more advanced topics. The scope of the Solaris Essential Reference includes the best way to implement the most frequently used commands, deal with shell scripting, administer your own system, and utilize effective security. Bonus coverage includes information on third-party software packages available for Solaris that are essential to operating a good system. Such applications are pico, pine, top, TCP Wrappers, and a few others. Read Less