Learning the Unix Operating System - Brossura

Peek, Jerry D.; Todino, Grace; Strang, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1565923901 ISBN 13: 9781565923904

Casa editrice: Oreilly & Associates Inc, 1997

Riassunto

If you are new to UNIX, this concise introduction will tell you just what you need to get started and no more. Why wade through a 600-page book when you can begin working productively in a matter of minutes? It's an ideal primer for Mac and PC users of the Internet who need to know a little bit about UNIX on the systems they visit.This book is the most effective introduction to UNIX in print. The fourth edition covers the highlights of the Linux operating system. It's a handy book for someone just starting with UNIX or Linux, as well as someone who encounters a UNIX system on the Internet. And it now includes a quick-reference card.Topics covered include:

• Linux operating system highlights
• Logging in and logging out
• Window systems (especially X/Motif)
• Managing UNIX files and directories
• Sending and receiving mail
• Redirecting input/output
• Pipes and filters
• Background processing
• Basic network commandsv

Su questo libro

L'autore

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.

is a long time user of the Unix operating system. He has acted as a Unix consultant, courseware developer, and instructor. He is one of the originating authors of Unix Power Tools and the author of Learning the Unix Operating System by O'Reilly.

Contenuti

Preface; The UNIX Operating System; Versions of UNIX; What This Handbook Covers; What’s New in the Fourth 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 X Clients; 2.7 Quitting; Chapter 3: Your UNIX Account; 3.1 The UNIX Filesystem; 3.2 Looking Inside Files; 3.3 Protecting and Sharing Files; 3.4 Electronic Mail; 3.5 Changing Your Password; 3.6 Customizing Your Account; Chapter 4: File Management; 4.1 Methods of Creating Files; 4.2 File and Directory Names; 4.3 File and Directory Wildcards; 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: Multitasking; 6.1 Running a Command in the Background; 6.2 Checking on a Process; 6.3 Cancelling a Process; Chapter 7: Where to Go from Here; 7.1 Standard UNIX Documentation; 7.2 Shell Aliases and Functions; 7.3 Programming; Reading List; General UNIX Books; Text Processing and Programming; Shells; The X Window System; Reference; Commands and Their Meanings; Special Symbols; Colophon;

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Oreilly & Associates Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1565923901
• ISBN 13: 9781565923904
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 92