UNIX: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan is excellent. It traces the history of Unix from the early days at Bell Labs through the period where it reached widespread use in the rest of the world. It's a fascinating history of people building the command line tools that we still use today, and the environment that allows those tools to be combined in powerful ways.
I came away with a much clearer picture of how these systems were developed, and I am a little better on the command line for understanding the original philosophy better as well.
I came away with a much clearer picture of how these systems were developed, and I am a little better on the command line for understanding the original philosophy better as well.
https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-History-Memoir-Brian-Kernighan/d...