A. Here is a small sample of the Unix tutorials, guides, introductions and references for the end user available on the web. For more, try using your favorite search engine:

Frequently Asked Questions about zoo.uvm.edu

Information specific to zoo.uvm.edu, UVM's central server for e-mail, file sharing, and web access.

Unix is Four Letter Word... by Christopher C. Taylor

A well-written guide which includes sections on file structure, online manual, basic commands, additional commands, login files, special characters, misc. tips, things to try, using VI, and further reading.

Some Basic UNIX Commands Written by folks at EM-CF (UVM)

A list of the most commonly used UNIX commands with a short explanation of each and links to more resources

UNIXhelp for Users, developed by the University of Edinburgh

Includes sections on tasks, commands, concepts and utilities.

Geek-girl has a long list of other Unix resources as well.

A Basic Unix Tutorial, Idaho State University

14 section tutorial - each illustrating the central concepts by providing short explanations, along with examples, and exercises.

Unix Tutorial from University of Utah's math department

Includes sections on Commands, Files, Directories and a command reference manual.

UNIX Tutorial for Beginners, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, UK

Includes specific tutorials on directories, manipulating files, redirecting output, filename conventions, file permissions and jobs, and other commands.

UNIX System Calls and Subroutines using C, A. D. Marshall, Computer Science Department, Cardiff University

Very detailed and long document with an introduction to CDE, C basics, threads programming, and many other things.

Norman Matloff's Unix Tutorial Center, Norman Matloff, UC Davis

Norm's own somewhat opinionated tutorials, including beginner and intermediate Unix topics, and some C programming tips.

Unix Tutorial from Information Technology Services, Caltech

This is geared toward the Caltech computing community, but it does offer some general information about computing in the Unix environment.

UNIX : An Introductory Tutorial, Computer Science Dept., Memorial University of NewFoundland, Canada

Geared toward the Memorial University computing community - has sections on getting started, directories and files, tricks of the trade, user to user communication, text manipulation, and conclusions.