Learning Unix for Mac OS X
Learning Unix for Mac OS X, Second Edition By Dave Taylor, Brian Jepson
December 2002
Pages: 158

| 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 Unix

    1. The Mac OS X Filesystem

    2. Protecting and Sharing Files

    3. Superuser Privileges with sudo

    4. Graphical Filesystem Browsers

  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. Non-PostScript Printers

  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. Fink

    2. Lynx, a Text-Based Web Browser

    3. Electronic Mail with Pine

    4. Usenet News

    5. 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. Glossary

  2. Colophon

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