Unix in a Nutshell
Synopsis
This course will cover the basics of UNIX for users.
The main topics will include:
Overview
Logging in and logging out
Files
Directories
Permissions
Security
Readings:
-
Learning the UNIX Operating System
- Grace Torino and John Strang, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.,
Sebastapole, California, 1989, 102 pp. $9.95 (www.ora.com) Very highly
recommend.
- Unix in a Nutshell
- Daniel Gilly & the staff of O'Reilly & Associates,
2nd Edition June 1992, 444 pages, $9.95 (www.ora.com) An excellent
reference tool for the serious user.
- Unix
Survival Guide
- An online "cheat sheet" from the Baylor College of Medicine Human
Genome Center.
- Unix Tutorial
- On online tutorial from Michigan State University. Generally good, but
it uses the "vi" editor; "pico" is much nicer.
Created: 1995.12.12, Steve.Cavrak@Uvm.Edu
Updated: 2009.07.02