Learning the Unix Operating System by Peek, Jerry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition A Note Regarding Supplemental Files Preface

The Unix Family of Operating Systems Versions of Unix Interfaces to Unix What This Handbook Covers What’s New in the Fifth Edition Format

Commands Examples Problem Checklist Exercises Comments and Questions

Acknowledgments

1. Getting Started

Working in the Unix Environment

Connecting to the Unix Computer Logging in Nongraphically

Problem checklist

The Unix Shell Shells in a Window System The Shell Prompt Entering a Command Line

date who

Recalling Previous Commands Correcting a Command Line Logging Out

Problem checklist

Syntax of Unix Command Lines

Exercise: entering a few commands

Types of Commands The Unresponsive Terminal

2. Using Window Systems

Introduction to Windowing Starting X

A. Ready to Run X (with a Graphical Login) B. Starting X from a Standard Unix Session

Problem checklist

C. Starting the Window Manager

Running Programs

Setting Focus Terminal Windows Window Manager Menus

Exercise: exploring your window system Problem checklist

Working with a Mouse

Pointer Shape Using a Mouse with xterm Windows

Problem checklist

Working with Windows

Using the Titlebar Moving Windows and Icons Resizing Windows Stacking Windows The Window Menu

Exercise

Other Window Manager Features

Panel Pagers and Virtual Desktops

Unresponsive Windows Other X Window Programs Quitting

3. Using Your Unix Account

The Unix Filesystem

Your Home Directory Your Working Directory The Directory Tree Absolute Pathnames Relative Pathnames

Pathname puzzle Relative pathnames up

Changing Your Working Directory

pwd cd

Files in the Directory Tree Listing Files with ls

Exercise: exploring the filesystem

Looking Inside Files with less Protecting and Sharing Files

Directory Access Permissions File Access Permissions Setting Permissions with chmod More Protection Under Linux

Problem checklist

Changing Group and Owner

Graphical Filesystem Browsers Completing File and Directory Names Changing Your Password Customizing Your Account

4. File Management

File and Directory Names File and Directory Wildcards Creating and Editing Files

Text Editors and Word Processors The Pico Text Editor

Pico tour

Managing Your Files

Creating Directories with mkdir Copying Files

cp Problem checklist Copying files across a network

Renaming and Moving Files with mv Finding Files Removing Files and Directories

rm rmdir Problem checklist

Files on Other Operating Systems

Printing Files

pr lp and lpr

Problem checklist

Viewing the Printer Queue

lpstat and lpq cancel and lprm Exercise: manipulating files

5. Redirecting I/O

Standard Input and Standard Output

Putting Text in a File

cat The > operator The >> operator

Pipes and Filters

grep sort Piping to a Pager

Exercise: redirecting input/output

6. Using the Internet and Other Networks

Remote Logins

About Security

Windows from Other Computers Lynx, a Text-based Web Browser Transferring Files

scp and rcp FTP

Command-line ftp FTP with a web browser

Electronic Mail

Addressing an Email Message Sending Mail from a Shell Prompt Reading Email with Pine Sending Email with Pine

Pine address book

Configuring Pine

Exercise: sending and reading mail

Usenet News Interactive Chat

talk IRC

Introducing IRC A sample IRC session

7. Multitasking

Running a Command in the Background Checking on a Process

Cancelling a Process

kill Problem checklist

8. Where to Go from Here

Documentation

The man Command

Problem checklist

The info Command Documentation via the Internet Books

Shell Aliases and Functions Programming Using Unix on Non-Unix Systems

Under Microsoft Windows Mac OS X

Glossary Index About the Authors Colophon Copyright

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