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Getting Started with UNIX
Clinton Wolfe
Spring 2000
This document is available in the following formats:
Web-based Tutorial
One Long Web Page
Adobe Acrobat 4.0
(for printing)
Table of Contents
Introduction
Why Learn UNIX?
Dealing with Culture Shock
Conventions Used in This Document
Getting an Account
What is an Account?
UITS UNIX Computers
Creating a New Account
Connecting to a UNIX Machine
Using Telnet
Your First Login
Logging Out
The Shell
What is a Shell?
Types of Shells
Environment Variables
Commands
Your First Command
Getting Into Arguments
Gluing Commands Together
What Happens When You Press Enter
Commands for Commands
Files
The Zen Nature of Filesystems
Commands for Files
Directories of Interest
Processes
The ps Command
Background Processes
Killing a Process
Common Tasks
Text Editing
Checking Mail
Moving Files Between Machines
Writing Scripts
Modifying your environment
Submitting Batch Jobs
Using Tapes
Further Reading