Kansas State University at Salina Introduction to Unix

Introduction to Unix Study Guide

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

—Dennis Ritchie

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Contents:

• Introducing Unix
  • Why an Operating System (OS)
  • How a Program Runs on a Computer
  • Running Multiple Programs
  • Key Concepts
  • Unix Architecture: The Kernel
  • Unix Architecture: The Shell
  • Character Versus Graphical User Interface.
  • Unix Philosophy
  • The Development of the UNIX Operating System
  • Web Resources
• GNU Utilities for Nonprogrammers
  • Types of Commands
  • Structure of a Command
  • Basic Unix Commands
  • Standard Files and File Descriptors
  • Using man
  • Special characters
  • passwd
  • Logging Out
  • Working with Files and Directories
  • Properties of Files and Directories
  • Using Text Editors
• Advanced Unix Commands
  • Use a Pipe For That
  • Regular Expressions
  • Filtering Data
  • Comparing Files
  • Finding Files
  • Archiving Data
  • Scheduling Commands
  • Reference Files with Links
  • Miscellaneous Other Commands
• The Shells
  • A Choice of Shells
  • echo
  • Shell Metacharacters
  • Here Documents
  • File Redirection
  • Filename Substitution (Wildcards)
  • The Pipe (|)
  • tee
  • Command Substitution
  • Sequences of Commands
  • Shell Variables
  • Job or Process Control
  • A Shell Script Program
  • source
• BASH (Bourne Again Shell)
  • set
  • Math in Shell Scripts
• Networking Utilities
  • Users and Hosts
• Home Work
  • Homework 1 - Unix History
  • Homework 2 - The Structure of Unix Commands
  • Homework 3 - Manipulating Files and Directories
  • Homework 4 - Permissions of Files and Directories
  • Homework 5 - Working with More Advanced Unix Tools
  • Homework 6 - Additional Advanced Unix Tools
  • Homework 7 - First Shell Script
  • Homework 8 - Bash Shell Script Programming

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page