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Learning the UNIX Operating System Q/Ref

Grace Todino & John Strang Jerry Peek,  Grace Todino,  John Strang

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O'Reilly Media
27 November 2001
UNIX
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.
By:  
Contributions by:   ,
Imprint:   O'Reilly Media
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 9mm
Weight:   244g
ISBN:   9780596002619
ISBN 10:   0596002610
Pages:   156
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Preface Chapter 1. Getting Started Working in the Unix Environment Syntax of Unix Command Lines Types of Commands The Unresponsive Terminal Chapter 2. Using Window Systems Introduction to Windowing Starting X Running Programs Working with a Mouse Working with Windows Other Window Manager Features Unresponsive Windows Other X Window Programs Quitting Chapter 3. Using Your Unix Account The Unix Filesystem Looking Inside Files with less Protecting and Sharing Files Graphical Filesystem Browsers Completing File and Directory Names Changing Your Password Customizing Your Account Chapter 4. File Management File and Directory Names File and Directory Wildcards Creating and Editing Files Managing Your Files Printing Files Chapter 5. Redirecting I/O Standard Input and Standard Output Pipes and Filters Chapter 6. Using the Internet and Other Networks Remote Logins Windows from Other Computers Lynx, a Text-based Web Browser Transferring Files Electronic Mail Usenet News Interactive Chat Chapter 7. Multitasking Running a Command in the Background Checking on a Process Cancelling a Process Chapter 8. Where to Go from Here Documentation Shell Aliases and Functions Programming Using Unix on Non-Unix Systems Glossary Index

"Jerry Peek has used Unix since the early 1980s. He has consulted on Unix and VMS, developed and taught Unix courses, been a staff writer for O'Reilly & Associates, and has worked as a programmer and system administrator. Grace Todino is currently residing in Holland. While working as a technical writer at O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Grace was one of the original authors of the Nutshell Handbooks?, Managing UUCP and Usenet and Using UUCP and Usenet. John Strang now finds himself ""a consumer--rather than a producer of Nutshells."" He is currently a diagnostic radiologist (MD) at Stanford University. He plans to use his experience as an author at ORA to write his own book on radiology."

Reviews for Learning the UNIX Operating System Q/Ref

'Ah, what a lovely little book. My list of classics include: K&R, Pike and Kernighan's The Practice of Programming, their The Unix Programming Environment, The Perl Cookbook and The Awk Programming Language. To that list I can now add the current volume. What more can I say: this is a good buy, especially for anyone approaching Unix/Linux for the first time. Even older hands might find it useful to have a copy, if only to give away. It won't provide all that is needed but it is good starting point. I am convinced that computers are getting uglier by the day. This ugliness stems from a quest for glitz at the expense of simplicity and elegance. Like a breath of fresh air, 'Learning the Unix Operating System' is a reminder that it doesn't need to be that way. ' - Joe McCool, Learning the UNIX Operating System - Cvu, April


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