Just read ONE single book if you are looking to work in Unix or I dont want to be biased if you are looking to work on MS too.
THE C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - BY K & R.
Read the book, word to word, solve the problems ON YOUR OWN. and you will do well.
Please Please do not read the following books:
YASHWANT KANETKAR (What the heck is LET US C?????........Is it like I am strolling on a park and I suddenly decide to learn C....No WAY.....Learning C is a dedicated effort which needs LOTS of time and energy and no LET US C book can help u in that !!.
BALAGURUSWAMY - Better than LET US C but still Balaguruswamy needs to know a lot of stuff .
etcetc and loads of other Indian authors.
These Indian authors were basically Cyber Coolies and want the rest of the population also to be Cyber coolies.
I am talking from experience as an Indian, AVOID indian books if you want to do well in Programming.
Thanks
AMONG other recommendation (ONCE you have completed K& R)
UNIX- Advanced programming in the Unix environment - Simply the best.
