Introduction to UNIX

Table of Contents

1. UNIX Overview
   1. What Is UNIX?
   2. History Of UNIX
   3. UNIX Philosophy
   4. Why UNIX?
   5. UNIX Components
   6. System V vs. BSD

2. Getting Started
   1. Logging On To The System
   2. Your Home Directory
   3. Using UNIX Commands
   4. Special Characters
   5. Terminal Control Keys
   6. Changing Your Password
   7. Getting Information
   8. Logging Off The System

3. UNIX Filesystems
   1. Hierarchical File Structure
   2. File Types
   3. File Names
   4. Pathnames
   5. File and Directory Commands
   6. Access Permissions
   7. Standard UNIX File System

4. Editors
   1. UNIX Editors
   2. The Standard Display Editor - vi
   3. vi Commands
   4. Setting vi Options
   5. pico: One Alternative to vi

5. The Shell
   1. What is the Shell?
   2. Processes
   3. Redirection
   4. Pipes
   5. Filters
   6. Features (csh)
   7. Variables (csh)
   8. Initialization Files
   9. Logout Files

6. Electronic Mail
   1. Electronic Mail Overview
   2. Standard UNIX Mail
   3. Sending Mail
   4. Send Mode Commands
   5. Reading Mail
   6. Command Mode Commands
   7. Saving Mail and Using Folders
   8. Customizing Mail
   9. pine: One Alternative to UNIX Mail

7. Common UNIX Utilities
   1. Alphabetical List
   2. Functional List

8. Shell Scripts
   1. What is a Shell Script?
   2. Expressions
   3. Control Structures
   4. Miscellaneous

9. Network Related Utilities
   1. talk
   2. finger
   3. ping
   4. traceroute
   5. ftp
   6. telnet
   7. rlogin, rsh, rcp

10. X Windows Environment
    1. What is X Windows?
    2. Getting Started Using X Windows
    3. Using the Window Manager
    4. Customizing Your X Clients
    5. Some Common X Clients

11. References