UNIX

Ray D.S., Ray E.J.

n Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide, the authors take the time to explain correct Unix lingo as well as concepts and processes to be aware of as a daily user. The real-life implication of reading Unix is not only that you won’t receive irate messages from your system administrator, but that you’ll be able to manipulate your Unix environment, making it a genuinely enjoyable workspace.For more experienced users, there are plenty of cool tools and shortcuts to make the book worthwhile (sdiff, head, and procmail, for example). The authors provide a generous section on scripting – a good introduction for advanced users who may be spending too much time on repetitive tasks. The authors also touch on how to intelligently include regular expressions in searching, a pleasant addition to an already outstanding section.Some of the authors’ decisions on what to include merit warning, although not enough that users should turn away from this book: the authors only cover the bash, ksh, and csh shells; they focus on only the pico and vi editors – not emacs; and their excellent section on e-mail covers only pine (briefly mentioning that elm really isn’t worth its salt for a new user). While the book isn’t all-inclusive, it isn’t meant to be. The authors make their preferences clear, and for the user, this amounts to a good deal of clarity and time saved.

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Table of contents :
Table Of Contents……Page 6
Introduction……Page 12
01 Getting Started With UNIX……Page 16
02 Using Directories & Files……Page 40
03 Working With Your Shell……Page 62
04 Creating & Editing Files……Page 84
05 Control Ownership & Permissions……Page 106
06 Manipulating Files……Page 122
07 Getting System Info……Page 148
08 Config UNIX Environment……Page 162
09 Run Scripts & Programs……Page 202
10 Writing Basic Scripts……Page 220
11 Send & Read Email……Page 238
12 Accessing The Internet……Page 264
13 Encoded & Compressed Files……Page 294
14 Installing Your Own Software……Page 310
15 Using Handy Utilities……Page 324
16 Being Root……Page 336
17 Sensational UNIX Tricks……Page 350
A: UNIX Reference……Page 370
B: What’s What & What’s Where……Page 386
C: Command Flags……Page 390
INDEX……Page 424