Learning the Unix Operating System
Learning the Unix Operating System, Fifth Edition A Concise Guide for the New User By Jerry Peek, Grace Todino-Gonguet, John Strang
October 2001
Pages: 174

| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Chapter | Colophon

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Getting Started

    1. Working in the Unix Environment

    2. Syntax of Unix Command Lines

    3. Types of Commands

    4. The Unresponsive Terminal

  2. Chapter 2 Using Window Systems

    1. Introduction to Windowing

    2. Starting X

    3. Running Programs

    4. Working with a Mouse

    5. Working with Windows

    6. Other Window Manager Features

    7. Unresponsive Windows

    8. Other X Window Programs

    9. Quitting

  3. Chapter 3 Using Your Unix Account

    1. The Unix Filesystem

    2. Looking Inside Files with less

    3. Protecting and Sharing Files

    4. Graphical Filesystem Browsers

    5. Completing File and Directory Names

    6. Changing Your Password

    7. Customizing Your Account

  4. Chapter 4 File Management

    1. File and Directory Names

    2. File and Directory Wildcards

    3. Creating and Editing Files

    4. Managing Your Files

    5. Printing Files

  5. Chapter 5 Redirecting I/O

    1. Standard Input and Standard Output

    2. Pipes and Filters

  6. Chapter 6 Using the Internet and Other Networks

    1. Remote Logins

    2. Windows from Other Computers

    3. Lynx, a Text-based Web Browser

    4. Transferring Files

    5. Electronic Mail

    6. Usenet News

    7. Interactive Chat

  7. Chapter 7 Multitasking

    1. Running a Command in the Background

    2. Checking on a Process

    3. Cancelling a Process

  8. Chapter 8 Where to Go from Here

    1. Documentation

    2. Shell Aliases and Functions

    3. Programming

    4. Using Unix on Non-Unix Systems

  1. Glossary

  2. Colophon

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