index_U

U

Uniq command, 82

Unix

developing, 4-5

file system hierarchy, 125

ls command, 23-25

Multics basis, 3

other operating system philosophies and, 137-49

paradigm shifts and, 191-92

portability, 4

success, 124

text tools, 62-64

Unix philosophy, xx, 133-36

bug analogy and, 22

contributors list, 5

introduction to, xxv-xxvii

original tenets, xx

overview, 7-11

strengths, 87

tenet relationships, 134-36

water slide analogy, 133

Windows philosophy vs., 154

See also Tenets

The UNIX Philosophy, xix-xx

Unix way, 122-23

Use lowercase and keep it short (tenet), 112-14

defined, 9

reasons for, 112

See also Tenets

User interfaces

captive (CUIs), 93-101

graphical (GUIs), 100-101

rn, 118

WIMP, 156

Users

Linux and, 111

tailoring environment, 109-11

training, 56-57

Windows, as power users, 167

Use shell scripts to increase leverage and portability (tenet 7), 80-87

defined, 8

for leverage, 81-83

for portability, 84-85

rewriting in C, resisting, 85-87

for time leverage, 83-84

Windows and, 171-72

See also Shell scripts; Tenets

Use software leverage to your advantage (tenet 6), 72-80

allowing own code use, 76-78

automate everything, 78-80

avoiding not invented here syndrome, 74-76

borrowing good code, 73-74

defined, 8

Windows and, 170-71

See also Tenets

Uwm, 109-10



Linux and the Unix Philosophy
Linux and the Unix Philosophy
ISBN: 1555582737
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 92
Authors: Mike Gancarz

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