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Peek, Jerry

Learning the UNIX operating system / Jerry Peek, Grace Todino, and John Strang. - 4th edition - Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, c1998. - xi, 92 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

1. Getting started
Working with the UNIX Environment
Syntax of UNIX command lines
Types of commands
The Unresponsive terminal

2. Using window systems
Introduction to windowing
Starting X
Running programs
Working with a mouse
Working with windows
other X clients
Quitting

3. Your UNIX account
The UNIX file systems
Looking inside files
Protecting and sharing files
Electronic mail
Changing your password
Customizing your account

4. File management
Methods of creating files
File and directory names
File and directory wildcards
Managing your files
Printing files

5. Redirecting I/O
Standard input and standard output
Pipes and filters

6. Multitasking
Running a command in the background
Checking on the process
Cancelling a process

7. Where to go from here
Standard UNIX documentation
Shell aliases and functions
Programming


Includes bibliographical references
Includes index

ISBN: 1565923901 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2001276373

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
UNIX (Computer file)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Operating systems (Computers)

LC Class. No.: QA76.76.O63 / T62 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 005.43 / PEE