The Sudonomicon

Unix Systems for Weary Data Scientists

cover art by Danielle Navarro

Many think they know Unix. Few realize that what they know is just a shell. Beneath it lie mysteries both bewildering and wonderful: ports, processes, permissions, files that are not files, and components built atop other, older components that occasionally rise to the surface like ancient sea creatures believed long extinct.

Like such creatures, Unix will outlive those who mock it. Welcome, then, to a world in which the strange will become familiar, and the familiar, strange. Welcome, thrice welcome, to Unix systems programming.

  1. Introduction
  2. The Filesystem
  3. Processes
  4. Running Jobs
  5. HTTP
  6. Authentication
  7. Virtualization
  8. Finale
  1. License
  2. Code of Conduct
  3. Contributing
  4. Bibliography
  5. Glossary
  6. About the Author
  7. Colophon

"The Sudonomicon" is a Third Bit production. You may also enjoy Research Software Design by Example and The Querynomicon.

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