UNIX, Third Edition Visual QuickStart Guide

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ISBN: 9780321442451 | 0321442458
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/2/2006

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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.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Unix

Getting Unix or Access to a Unix System

(4)

Connecting to the Unix System

(3)

Logging In

(1)

Changing Your Password with passwd

(2)

Listing Directories and Files with is

(2)

Changing Directories with cd

(2)

Finding Yourself with pwd

(1)

Piping Input and Output

(1)

Redirecting Output

(2)

Using Wildcards

(1)

Viewing File Contents with more

(1)

Displaying File Contents with cat

(2)

Exploring the System

(1)

Getting Help with man

(2)

Logging Out

(1)

Chapter 2: Using Directories and Files

(22)

Creating Directories with mkdir

(2)

Creating Files with touch

(2)

Copying Directories and Files with cp

(2)

Listing Directories and Files with ls (More Goodies)

(2)

Moving Files with my

(1)

Removing Files with rm

(3)

Removing Directories with rmdir

(2)

Finding Forgotten Files with find

(2)

Locating Lost Files with locate

(1)

Linking with in (Hard Links)

(2)

Linking with In -s (Soft Links)

(2)

Chapter 3: Working with Your Shell

(22)

Discovering What Shell You're Using

(1)

Understanding Shells and Options

(2)

Changing Your Shell with chsh

(2)

Changing Your Shell Temporarily

(2)

Using Completion in the bash Shell

(1)

Viewing Session History in the bash Shell

(2)

Using Completion in the zsh Shell

(1)

Viewing Session History in the zsh Shell

(2)

Using Completion in the ksh Shell

(1)

Viewing Session History in the ksh Shell

(2)

Viewing Session History in the csh Shell

(1)

Changing Your Identity with su

(2)

Fixing Terminal Settings with stty

(1)

Exiting the Shell

(1)

Chapter 4: Creating and Editing Files

(24)

Choosing an Editor

(3)

Starting pico and Dabbling with It

(1)

Saving in pica

(1)

Cutting and Pasting Text Blocks in pico

(1)

Checking Spelling in pica

(1)

Getting Help in pico

(1)

Exiting pica

(1)

Starting vi and Dabbling with It

(2)

Saving in vi

(1)

Adding and Deleting Text in vi

(1)

Importing Files into vi

(1)

Searching and Replacing in vi

(2)

Exiting vi

(1)

Starting emacs and Dabbling with It

(2)

Using emacs Menus to Spell-Check

(1)

Saving in emacs

(1)

Exiting emacs

(2)

Chapter 5: Controlling Ownership & Permissions

(16)

Understanding File Ownership and Permissions

(1)

Finding Out Who Owns What

(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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