Ta ble of Contents
Preface
...vii
1. Getting Star ted
...1
Working in the Unix Environment ...1
Syntax of Unix Command Lines ...11
Types of Commands ...14
The Unresponsive Ter minal ...14
2. Using Window Systems
...17
Intr oduction to Windowing ...18
Starting X ...19
Running Programs ...21
Working with a Mouse ...26
Working with Windows ...29
Other Window Manager Features ...35
Unr esponsive Windows ...37
Other X Window Programs ...39
Quitting ...40
3. Using Your Unix Account
...42
The Unix Filesystem ...42
Looking Inside Files with less ...54
Pr otecting and Sharing Files ...56
Graphical Filesystem Browsers ...61
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Completing File and Directory Names ...62
Changing Your Password ...62
Customizing Your Account ...63
4. File Management
...66
File and Directory Names ...66
File and Directory Wildcards ...67
Cr eating and Editing Files ...69
Managing Your Files ...74
Printing Files ...81
5. Redirecting I/O
...87
Standard Input and Standard Output ...87
Pipes and Filters ...92
6. Using the Internet and Other Networks
...97
Remote Logins ...97
Windows from Other Computers ...100
Lynx, a Text-based Web Browser ...101
Transferring Files ...104
Electr onic Mail ...108
Usenet News ...118
Interactive Chat ...123
7. Multitasking
...130
Running a Command in the Background ...131
Checking on a Process ...132
Cancelling a Process ...134
8. Where to Go from Here
...136
Documentation ...136
Shell Aliases and Functions ...139
Pr ogramming ...139
Using Unix on Non-Unix Systems ...140
Glossar y
...143
Index
...149
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