Learning Unix for Mac OS X
Learning Unix for Mac OS X By Dave Taylor, Jerry Peek
May 2002
Pages: 156

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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 Unix

    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

  3. Chapter 3 File Management

    1. File and Directory Names

    2. File and Directory Wildcards

    3. Creating and Editing Files

    4. Managing Your Files

  4. Chapter 4 Customizing Your Session

    1. Launching Terminal

    2. Customizing Your Shell Environment

    3. Further Customization

  5. Chapter 5 Printing

    1. Formatting and Print Commands

    2. Configuring Your LPR Printer

  6. Chapter 6 Redirecting I/O

    1. Standard Input and Standard Output

    2. Pipes and Filters

  7. Chapter 7 Accessing the Internet

    1. Remote Logins

    2. Transferring Files

  8. Chapter 8 Unix-Based Internet Tools

    1. Lynx, a Text-Based Web Browser

    2. Electronic Mail

    3. Usenet News

    4. Interactive Chat

  9. Chapter 9 Multitasking

    1. Running a Command in the Background

    2. Checking on a Process

    3. Canceling a Process

  10. Chapter 10 Where to Go from Here

    1. Documentation

    2. Shell Aliases and Functions

    3. Programming

  1. Appendix A Configuring Sendmail

  2. Appendix B Quick Reference

  3. Glossary

  4. Colophon

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