Learning the UNIX Operating System

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;