UNIX, Third Edition Visual QuickStart Guide,9780321442451

UNIX, Third Edition Visual QuickStart Guide

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780321442451
ISBN10: 0321442458
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-08-02
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Summary

Need to learn Unix fast? Try aVisual QuickStart! This best-selling referencers"s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with Unix software in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide toUnix, Second Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide, leading software application expertsDeborah S. RayandEric J. Rayuse crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to Unix. Filled with step-by-step, task-based instructions and loads of visual aids, this book explains how to the most common Unix commands.

Author Biography

Deborah S. Ray and Eric J. Ray are syndicated columnists and consultants. In addition, Deborah publishes TECHWR-L, a Web site for technical writers, and Eric is a senior technical writer for Sun Microsystems. The authors of many books on computers and computing systems, the Rays have received several awards from the Society of Technical Communications, including an International Distinguished Technical Communication award and an International Excellence award.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Unix
Getting Unix or Access to a Unix System
3(4)
Connecting to the Unix System
7(3)
Logging In
10(1)
Changing Your Password with passwd
11(2)
Listing Directories and Files with is
13(2)
Changing Directories with cd
15(2)
Finding Yourself with pwd
17(1)
Piping Input and Output
18(1)
Redirecting Output
19(2)
Using Wildcards
21(1)
Viewing File Contents with more
22(1)
Displaying File Contents with cat
23(2)
Exploring the System
25(1)
Getting Help with man
26(2)
Logging Out
28(1)
Chapter 2: Using Directories and Files 29(22)
Creating Directories with mkdir
30(2)
Creating Files with touch
32(2)
Copying Directories and Files with cp
34(2)
Listing Directories and Files with ls (More Goodies)
36(2)
Moving Files with my
38(1)
Removing Files with rm
39(3)
Removing Directories with rmdir
42(2)
Finding Forgotten Files with find
44(2)
Locating Lost Files with locate
46(1)
Linking with in (Hard Links)
47(2)
Linking with In -s (Soft Links)
49(2)
Chapter 3: Working with Your Shell 51(22)
Discovering What Shell You're Using
52(1)
Understanding Shells and Options
53(2)
Changing Your Shell with chsh
55(2)
Changing Your Shell Temporarily
57(2)
Using Completion in the bash Shell
59(1)
Viewing Session History in the bash Shell
60(2)
Using Completion in the zsh Shell
62(1)
Viewing Session History in the zsh Shell
63(2)
Using Completion in the ksh Shell
65(1)
Viewing Session History in the ksh Shell
66(2)
Viewing Session History in the csh Shell
68(1)
Changing Your Identity with su
69(2)
Fixing Terminal Settings with stty
71(1)
Exiting the Shell
72(1)
Chapter 4: Creating and Editing Files 73(24)
Choosing an Editor
74(3)
Starting pico and Dabbling with It
77(1)
Saving in pica
78(1)
Cutting and Pasting Text Blocks in pico
79(1)
Checking Spelling in pica
80(1)
Getting Help in pico
81(1)
Exiting pica
82(1)
Starting vi and Dabbling with It
83(2)
Saving in vi
85(1)
Adding and Deleting Text in vi
86(1)
Importing Files into vi
87(1)
Searching and Replacing in vi
88(2)
Exiting vi
90(1)
Starting emacs and Dabbling with It
91(2)
Using emacs Menus to Spell-Check
93(1)
Saving in emacs
94(1)
Exiting emacs
95(2)
Chapter 5: Controlling Ownership & Permissions 97(16)
Understanding File Ownership and Permissions
98(1)
Finding Out Who Owns What
99(2)
Finding Out Which Group You're In
101(2)
Changing the Group Association of Files and Directories with chgrp
103(2)
Changing Ownership of Files and Directories with chown
105(1)
Changing Permissions with chmod
106(3)
Translating Mnemonic Permissions to Numeric Permissions
109(1)
Changing Permission Defaults with umask
110(3)
Chapter 6: Manipulating Files 113(26)
Counting Files and Their Contents with we
114(1)
Viewing File Beginnings with head
115(1)
Viewing File Endings with tail
116(1)
Finding Text with grep
117(1)
Using Regular Expressions with grep
118(2)
Using Other Examples of Regular Expressions
120(1)
Making Global Changes with sed
121(1)
Changing Files with awk
122(2)
Comparing Files with cmp
124(1)
Finding Differences in Files with diff
125(1)
Finding Differences in Files with sdiff
126(1)
Sorting Files with sort
127(2)
Eliminating Duplicates with uniq
129(1)
Redirecting to Multiple Locations with tee
130(1)
Changing with tr
131(2)
Formatting with fmt
133(2)
Preparing to Print with pr
135(2)
Splitting Files with split
137(2)
Chapter 7: Getting Information About the System 139(14)
Getting System Information with uname
140(1)
Viewing File Systems with df
141(3)
Determining Disk Usage with du
144(1)
Finding Out File Types with file
145(1)
Finding Out About Users with finger
146(3)
Learning Who Else Is Logged in with who
149(1)
Learning Who Else Is Logged in with w
150(2)
Getting Information About Your Userid with id
152(1)
Chapter 8: Configuring Your Unix Environment 153(40)
Understanding Your Unix Environment
154(2)
Discovering Your Current Environment
156(2)
Adding or Changing Variables
158(3)
Looking at Your zsh Configuration Files
161(4)
Adding to Your zsh Path
165(2)
Changing Your zsh Prompt
167(3)
Looking at Your bash Configuration Files
170(3)
Adding to Your bash Path
173(2)
Changing Your bash Prompt
175(2)
Looking at Your ksh Configuration Files
177(3)
Changing Your ksh Path
180(2)
Changing Your ksh Prompt
182(1)
Looking at Your csh Configuration Files
183(3)
Changing Your csh Path
186(2)
Changing Your csh Prompt
188(2)
Setting Aliases with alias
190(3)
Chapter 9: Running Scripts and Programs 193(18)
Running a Command
194(1)
Scheduling One-Time Jobs with at
195(3)
Scheduling Regularly Occurring Jobs with cron
198(2)
Suspending Jobs
200(1)
Checking Job Status with jobs
201(1)
Running Jobs in the Background with bg
202(1)
Running Jobs in the Foreground with fg
203(1)
Controlling Job Priority with nice
204(1)
Timing Jobs with time
205(2)
Finding Out What Processes Are Running with ps
207(2)
Deleting Processes with kill
209(2)
Chapter 10: Writing Basic Scripts 211(18)
Creating a Shell Script
212(2)
Running a Shell Script
214(1)
Making a Script Executable
215(2)
Getting a Head Start on Scripts with history
217(1)
Embedding Commands
218(2)
Looping Your Scripts
220(2)
Creating If-Then Statements
222(3)
Accepting Command-Line Arguments in Your Scripts
225(1)
Accepting Input While a Script Is Running
226(2)
Debugging Scripts
228(1)
Chapter 11: Sending and Reading Email 229(26)
Choosing an Email Program and Getting Started
230(2)
Reading Email with pine
232(2)
Sending Email with pine
234(2)
Customizing pine
236(2)
Reading Email with mutt
238(2)
Sending Email with mutt
240(2)
Reading Email with mail
242(1)
Sending Email with mail
243(2)
Creating a lire File
245(2)
Automatically Forwarding Incoming Messages
247(1)
Announcing tin Absence with vacation
248(2)
Configuring procmail
250(2)
Responding to Email with procmail
252(3)
Chapter 12: Accessing the Internet 255(30)
Getting Familiar with Unix Internet Lingo
256(2)
Logging in to Remote Systems with ssh
258(1)
Logging in to Remote Systems with telnet
259(2)
Communicating with Other Users Using write
261(1)
Communicating with Other Users Using talk
262(1)
Getting Files from the Internet with ftp
263(4)
Sharing Files on the Internet with ftp
267(2)
Surfing the Web with links
269(1)
Surfing the Web with lynx
270(2)
Downloading Web Sites with wget
272(1)
Checking Connections with ping
273(1)
Tracing Connections with traceroute
274(2)
Matching Domain Names with IP Numbers
276(2)
Choosing a News Reader
278(1)
Reading News with pine
279(3)
Reading News with tin
282(3)
Chapter 13: Working with Encoded & Compressed Files 285(16)
Encoding Files with uuencode
286(3)
Decoding Files with uudecode
289(1)
Archiving with tar
290(2)
Unarchiving Files with tar
292(1)
Compressing Files with compress
293(1)
Uncompressing Files with uncompress
294(1)
Zipping a File or Directory with gzip
295(1)
Unzipping a gzip File with gunzi p
296(1)
Zipping Files and Directories with zip
297(1)
Unzipping Zipped Files with unzip
298(1)
Combining Commands
299(2)
Chapter 14: Installing Your Own Software 301(14)
Understanding Unix Software Installation
302(1)
Finding Unix Software
303(1)
Downloading, Placing, and Uncompressing Software
304(2)
Configuring Software
306(5)
Compiling and Installing with make install
311(4)
Chapter 15: Using Handy Utilities 315(12)
Calendar* with cal
316(3)
Calculating with be
319(1)
Evaluating Expressions with expr
320(1)
Converting with units
321(1)
Checking Spelling with ispell
322(1)
Looking It up with look
323(1)
Printing with 1p
324(1)
Keeping a Record of Your Session with script
325(2)
Chapter 16: Being Root 327(16)
Acting Like root with sudo
328(2)
Becoming root with su
330(2)
Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Daemons
332(2)
Changing the System Configuration
334(2)
Monitoring the System
336(3)
Keeping up with watch
339(1)
Checking Boot Messages with dmesg
340(2)
Setting the Date and Time
342(1)
Chapter 17: Sensational Unix Tricks 343(20)
Cleaning up HTML Documents with tidy
344(3)
Searching and Replacing Throughout Multiple Documents with sed
347(3)
Generating Reports with awk
350(1)
Using Input to Customize Your Environment
351(2)
Using ROT13 Encoding with sed
353(2)
Embedding ROT13 Encoding in a Shell Script
355(3)
Making Backups with rsync
358(2)
Using Advanced Redirection with stderr
360(3)
Appendix A: Unix Reference 363(16)
Appendix B: What's What and What's Where 379(4)
Appendix C: Commands and Flags 383(34)
Index 417

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