Jerry Peek

Learning the Unix Operating System (eBook, ePUB)

A Concise Guide for the New User

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

If you are new to Unix, this concise book will tell you just what you need to get started and no more. Unix was one of the first operating systems written in C, a high-level programming language, and its natural portability and low price made it a popular choice among universities. Initially, two main dialects of Unix existed: one produced by AT&T known as System V, and one developed at UC Berkeley and known as BSD. In recent years, many other dialects have been created, including the highly popular Linux operating system and the new Mac OS X (a derivative of BSD).Learning the Unix Operating System is a handy book for someone just starting with Unix or Linux, and it's an ideal primer for Mac and PC users of the Internet who need to know a little about Unix on the systems they visit. The fifth edition is the most effective introduction to Unix in print, covering Internet usage for email, file transfers, web browsing, and many major and minor updates to help the reader navigate the ever-expanding capabilities of the operating system:In response to the popularity of Linux, the book now focuses on the popular bash shell preferred by most Linux users.Since the release of the fourth edition, the Internet and its many functions has become part of most computer user's lives. A new chapter explains how to use ftp, pine for mail, and offers useful knowledge on how to surf the web.Today everyone is concerned about security. With this in mind, the author has included tips throughout the text on security basics, especially in the Internet and networking sections.The book includes a completely updated quick reference card to make it easier for the reader to access the key functions of the command line.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781491904688
• Artikelnr.: 41056128

Autorenporträt

John Strang now finds himself "a consumer—rather than a producer of Nutshells." He is currently a diagnostic radiologist (MD) at Stanford University. He is married to a pediatrician, Susie, and they have two children, Katie and Alex. John enjoys hiking, bicycling, and dabbling in other sciences. He plans to use his experience as an author at ORA to write his own book on radiology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
The Unix Family of Operating Systems
Versions of Unix
Interfaces to Unix
What This Handbook Covers
What's New in the Fifth Edition
Format
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Getting Started
1.1 Working in the Unix Environment
1.2 Syntax of Unix Command Lines
1.3 Types of Commands
1.4 The Unresponsive Terminal
Chapter 2: Using Window Systems
2.1 Introduction to Windowing
2.2 Starting X
2.3 Running Programs
2.4 Working with a Mouse
2.5 Working with Windows
2.6 Other Window Manager Features
2.7 Unresponsive Windows
2.8 Other X Window Programs
2.9 Quitting
Chapter 3: Using Your Unix Account
3.1 The Unix Filesystem
3.2 Looking Inside Files with less
3.3 Protecting and Sharing Files
3.4 Graphical Filesystem Browsers
3.5 Completing File and Directory Names
3.6 Changing Your Password
3.7 Customizing Your Account
Chapter 4: File Management
4.1 File and Directory Names
4.2 File and Directory Wildcards
4.3 Creating and Editing Files
4.4 Managing Your Files
4.5 Printing Files
Chapter 5: Redirecting I/O
5.1 Standard Input and Standard Output
5.2 Pipes and Filters
Chapter 6: Using the Internet and Other Networks
6.1 Remote Logins
6.2 Windows from Other Computers
6.3 Lynx, a Text-based Web Browser
6.4 Transferring Files
6.5 Electronic Mail
6.6 Usenet News
6.7 Interactive Chat
Chapter 7: Multitasking
7.1 Running a Command in the Background
7.2 Checking on a Process
7.3 Cancelling a Process
Chapter 8: Where to Go from Here
8.1 Documentation
8.2 Shell Aliases and Functions
8.3 Programming
8.4 Using Unix on Non-Unix Systems
Glossary
Colophon