Learning the UNIX Operating System
Learning the UNIX Operating System, Fourth Edition By Grace Todino-Gonguet, John Strang, Jerry Peek
December 1997
Pages: 100

| Table of Contents | Index | 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 X Clients

    7. Quitting

  3. Chapter 3 Your UNIX Account

    1. The UNIX Filesystem

    2. Looking Inside Files

    3. Protecting and Sharing Files

    4. Electronic Mail

    5. Changing Your Password

    6. Customizing Your Account

  4. Chapter 4 File Management

    1. Methods of Creating Files

    2. File and Directory Names

    3. File and Directory Wildcards

    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 Multitasking

    1. Running a Command in the Background

    2. Checking on a Process

    3. Cancelling a Process

  7. Chapter 7 Where to Go from Here

    1. Standard UNIX Documentation

    2. Shell Aliases and Functions

    3. Programming

  1. Appendix A Reading List

    1. General UNIX Books

    2. Text Processing and Programming

    3. Shells

    4. The X Window System

  2. Appendix B Reference

    1. Commands and Their Meanings

    2. Special Symbols

  3. Colophon

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