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Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther

ISBN: 0596006179
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 88

Authors: Dave Taylor, Brian Jepson

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Preface
• Audience
• Who This Book Is Not For
• A Brief History
• Versions of Unix
• Interfaces to Unix
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Using Code Examples
• Comments and Questions
• The Evolution of This Book
• Acknowledgments for Dave Taylor
• Acknowledgments for Brian Jepson
• Chapter 1. Getting Into Unix
• 1.1 Why Use Unix?
• 1.2 Launching Terminal
• 1.3 Customizing Your Shell Environment
• 1.4 Further Customization
• Chapter 2. Using the Terminal
• 2.1 Working with the Terminal
• 2.2 Syntax of a Unix Command Line
• 2.3 Types of Commands
• 2.4 The Unresponsive Terminal
• Chapter 3. Using Unix
• 3.1 The Mac OS X Filesystem
• 3.2 Protecting and Sharing Files
• 3.3 Superuser Privileges with sudo
• 3.4 Exploring External Volumes
• Chapter 4. File Management
• 4.1 File and Directory Names
• 4.2 File and Directory Wildcards
• 4.3 Creating and Editing Files
• 4.4 A Simpler vi Alternative: Pico
• 4.5 Managing Files
• Chapter 5. Printing
• 5.1 Formatting and Print Commands
• 5.2 Non-PostScript Printers
• Chapter 6. Redirecting IO
• 6.1 Standard Input and Standard Output
• 6.2 Pipes and Filters
• Chapter 7. Multitasking
• 7.1 Running a Command in the Background
• 7.2 Checking on a Process
• 7.3 Canceling a Process
• Chapter 8. Accessing the Internet
• 8.1 Remote Logins
• 8.2 Transferring Files
• Chapter 9. Of Windows and Downloads
• 9.1 X11
• 9.2 Fink
• 9.3 Some Picks
• Chapter 10. Where to Go from Here
• 10.1 Documentation
• 10.2 Shell Aliases and Functions
• 10.3 Programming
• 10.4 More Possibilities: Perl and Python
• Colophon
• Index
• Index SYMBOL
• Index A
• Index B
• Index C
• Index D
• Index E
• Index F
• Index G
• Index H
• Index I
• Index J
• Index K
• Index L
• Index M
• Index N
• Index O
• Index P
• Index Q
• Index R
• Index S
• Index T
• Index U
• Index V
• Index W
• Index X
• Index Y