The Art of Unix Programming

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| author = Eric S. Raymond

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| subject = Unix programming

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| publisher = Addison-Wesley

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The Art of Unix Programming by Eric S. Raymond is a book about the history and culture of Unix programming from its earliest days in 1969 to 2003 when it was published, covering both genetic derivations such as BSD and conceptual ones such as Linux.

The author utilizes a comparative approach to explaining Unix by contrasting it to other operating systems including desktop-oriented ones such as Microsoft Windows and the classic Mac OS to ones with research roots such as EROS and Plan 9 from Bell Labs.

The book was published by Addison-Wesley, September 17, 2003, {{ISBN|0-13-142901-9}} and is also available online, under a Creative Commons license with additional clauses.{{cite web |url= http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ |title= The Art of Unix Programming |quote= This book and its on-line version are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 1.0 license, with the additional proviso that the right to publish it on paper for sale or other for-profit use is reserved to Pearson Education, Inc. }}