Gary Kerbaugh's Suggested Reading List for OS X Unix
There are many good books and numerous tutorials on-line. I've heard good things about the books, Unix for the Impatient and Unix For Mac OS X by our own Matisse Enzer. O'Reilly has the most specifically about MacOS X. They now have a server dedicated to MacOS X books. Of particular interest might be Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger. They also have many of the best tutorials, for instance, Learning the Terminal in Jaguar, Part 1, Part 2 and An Introduction to Tiger Terminal, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5. A full list of similar articles there can be found at Terminal App and Unix.
In general there are a number of sources on the web. Almost anything on UNIX (and there is a lot) will be applicable. You might start your search at the O'Reilly MacDevCenter site:
http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/
also, their BSD stuff at onlamp is great:
Here is a great UNIX tutorial at Idaho State U.:
You should search their site for other individual interesting articles like:
SSH on Mac OS X for Worry-Free Wireless
NifflerX contributed this very promising looking tutorial at Idaho State U.:
A Basic UNIX Tutorial.
There are some nice tutorials contributed by Dana D'Alessandro:UNIX Tutorial for Beginners
Basic Unix Commands
Commonly used Unix commandsThe site, OSXFAQ, has some wonderful tutorials. The index page for them is: OSXFAQ: Mac OS X Unix Tutorial.
Dan Stein suggested an excellent site at Indiana University by the Unix Workstation Support Group which, despite the name, is a rather thorough introduction. The link to that site is:
Classically the ultimate UNIX textbook has long been The UNIX Programming Environment by Brian W. Kernighan & Rob Pike.
Finally, search the net for say,
Thanks go to Bill Scott for motivating me to put these on the web and for converting this to HTML. He also has a wonderful collection of similar links titled Some Useful Unix Links to help you get started
