Chapter 1. THE BASICS
This chapter is a guide to the Unix commands and utilities that you must know to get anything out of this book. This is preliminary material, and you may already know a substantial amount. Even if you think you're up to speed, though, take a few seconds to flip through the sections just to make sure.
You may be asking yourself, "I thought this was a book about Linux, not Unix?" Don't worry; this chapter is just getting you ready for working with the Linux system. Linux is a Unix flavor at heart. You will see the word "Unix" in this chapter more than "Linux" because you can take the information straight over to Solaris, BSD, and other Unix-flavored systems. Special care has been taken to avoid too many Linux-specific user interface ...
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