Table of Contents

SAMS Teach Yourself Unix in 10 Minutes
By Robert Shimonski
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Publisher: Sams Publishing
Pub Date: June 15, 2005
ISBN: 0-672-32764-3
Pages: 256

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Author
		Acknowledgments
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Reader Services
		Introduction
			Welcome to Sams Teach Yourself Unix in 10 Minutes
			Unix Overview
			Versions of Unix
			Teach Yourself Unix in 10 Minutes
			How Do You Use Unix?
			Getting More Information
			Who This Book Is For
			Author Note
			Conventions Used in This Book
		Lesson 1.  Getting Started
			Practicing with Unix: It Really Does Make You Perfect!
			Prepare to Log In
			The Login Process
			The Logout Process
			Shell Game
			Working Within the Shell
			Summary
		Lesson 2.  Getting Help
			Finding Help in Unix
			Using the Unix Man Pages
			More Help
			Even More Help!
			Graphical Help (Using KDE)
			Additional Documentation
			Summary
		Lesson 3.  Interfacing with Unix Graphically
			Overview of the X Window System
			How Many Windows Are There?
			X Window System Functionality
			Window Placement
			X Window System Look and Feel
			Window Managers
			Desktop Environments
			Summary
		Lesson 4.  The File System Explained
			File System Design
			Navigating the File System
			Navigating the File System with the GUI
			Summary
		Lesson 5.  File System Navigation Techniques
			Using the find Command
			Finding Data with Other Unix Commands
			The grep Command
			Using the KDE Find Feature
			Summary
		Lesson 6.  Working with the Shell
			Working with Files at the Unix Shell Prompt
			Summary
		Lesson 7.  Reading Files
			The cat Command
			Making Output Readable with Pagers
			The tail Command
			Summary
		Lesson 8.  Text Editing
			Text Editing with Unix
			The vi Editor
			The emacs Editor
			Desktop Environment Tools: KDE's Built-in Editor
			Summary
		Lesson 9.  Text and File Utilities
			The wc Command
			The split Command
			The diff and patch Commands
			Tying It All Together: File Management Skills Test
			Summary
		Lesson 10.  Compression and Archiving Tools
			Managing Files in Unix
			Managing Your Disk Usage
			Compressing Files in Unix
			The tar Command
			Using uuencode/uudecode
			Summary
		Lesson 11.  Managing Processes in Unix
			Multitasking
			The ps Command
			The kill Command
			The at and cron Commands
			Summary
		Lesson 12.  Input and Output
			I/O Redirection
			Standard I/O
			Pipes
			Summary
		Lesson 13.  Regular Expressions
			Pattern Matching and Regular Expressions
			Using . and *
			Using [] and ^
			Using ^ (Again) and $
			Summary
		Lesson 14.  Shell Scripting Fundamentals
			Building Unix Shell Script Files
			Using foreach
			Using while and if
			Summary
		Lesson 15.  User Utilities
			Using chsh
			The passwd Command
			Using finger and chfn
			Using date
			Using uptime
			Using who
			Summary
		Lesson 16.  Modifying Your Environment
			Aliases
			Environment Variables
			Paths
			Using Dot Files
			Working with the GUI
			Summary
		Lesson 17.  Printing with Unix
			The lpr Command
			The lpq Command
			The lprm Command
			Summary
		Lesson 18.  Networking and Security
			Using telnet
			Using ssh
			Using rlogin
			Using slogin
			Using ftp
			Summary
		Lesson 19.  Configuring Permissions in Unix
			Unix File and Directory Permissions
			Using ls -l
			Using chmod
			Using chgrp
			Summary
		Lesson 20.  Unix Privileged Commands
			Root Refresher
			Single-User Mode
			fsck
			shutdown/reboot
			Summary
		Appendix A.  Learn More About Unix: Reference
		Index