UNIX / Linux Tutorial

TABLE  OF  CONTENTS

Chapter 1  UNIX / Linux Tutorial

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Basic Concepts  | 1.2.1 Creating An Account | 1.2.2 Logging In  | 1.2.3 Virtual Consoles  |1.2.4 Shells And Commands  |   1.2.5 Logging Out  |  1.2.6 Changing Your Password  |  1.2.7 Files And Directories  |  1.2.8 The Directory Tree  |   |  1.2.9 The Current Working Directory

1.2.10 Referring To Home Directories

1.3 First Steps Into Linux  |  1.3.1 Moving Around  |  1.3.2 Look At The Contents Of Directories  |   |  1.3.3  Creating New Directories
1.3.4  Copying Files
1.3.5 Moving Files  |  1.3.6  Deleting Files And Directories  |   1.3.7  Looking At Files  |  1.3.8  Getting Online Help  |  1.4  Accessing MS-DOS files  1.5  Summary Of Basic Unix Commands

1.6 Exploring The File System

1.7  Types Of  Shells
1.8   Wildcards
1.9  Linux Plumbing  |  1.9.1 Standard Input And Standard Output  |  
|  1.9.2  Redirecting Input And Output

1.9.3 Pipes

1.9.4 Non-Destructive Redirection Of Output | 1.10 File Permissions 1.10.1 Concepts Of File Permissions | 1.10.2 Interpreting File Permissions

1.10.3 Permissions Dependencies

1.10.4 Changing Permissions | 1.11 Managing File Links | 1.11.1 Hard Links 1.11.2 Symbolic Links | 1.12 Job Control | 1.12.1 Jobs And Processes 1.12.2 Foreground And Background | 1.12.3 Backgrounding And Killing Jobs
1.12.4  Stopping And Restarting Jobs
1.13  Using The vi Editor  |  1.13.1  Concepts  |  1.13.2  Starting vi

1.13.3 Inserting Text

1.13.4 Deleting Text | 1.13.5 Changing Text | 1.13.6 Commands For Moving The Cursor | 1.13.7 Saving Files And Quitting vi | 1.13.8 Editing Another File

1.13.9 Including Other Files

1.13.10 Running Shell Commands | 1.13.11 Getting vi Help | 1.14 Customizing Your Environment | 1.14.1 Shell Scripts | 1.14.2 Shell Variables And The Environment

1.14.3 Shell Initialization Scripts

1.15 So You Want To Strike Out On Your Own ?

Chapter 2

System Administration

2.1 The Root Account | 2.2 Booting The System | 2.2.1 Using LILO |
2.3 Shutting Down |

2.3.1 The /etc/imitate file

2.4 Managing File Systems

2.4.1 Mounting File Systems | 2.4.2 Device Driver Names | 2.4.3 Checking File Systems 2.5 Using A Swap File

2.6 Managing Users

2.6.1 User Management Concepts  |  2.6.2 Adding Users  |  2.6.3 Deleting Users  | 2.6.4 Setting User Attributes

2.6.5 Groups

2.6.6 System Administration Responsibilities  |  2.6.7 Coping With Users  |   2.6.8 Setting The Rules  |  2.6.9 What It All Means  |   2.7 Archiving And Compressing Files  |  2.7.1 Using tar

2.7.2 gzip and compress

2.7.3 Putting Them Together  |  2.8 Using Floppies And Making Backups  |   2.8.1 Using Floppies For Backups  |  2.8.2 Backups With A Zip Drive

2.8.3 Making Backups To Tape Devices

2.8.4 Using Floppies As File Systems  | 2.9 Upgrading And Installing New Software

2.9.1 Upgrading The Kernel

2.9.2 Adding A Device Driver To The Kernel

2.9.3 Installing A Device Driver Module

2.9.4 Upgrading The Libraries  | 2.9.5 Upgrading gcc  |  2.9.6 Upgrading Other Software  |  2.10 Miscellaneous Tasks


HOME

1.1 Introduction   1.2.10 Referring To Home Directories   1.3.4  Copying Files

1.6 Exploring The File System   1.8   Wildcards   1.9.3 Pipes   1.10.3 Permissions Dependencies

1.12.4  Stopping And Restarting Jobs   1.13.3 Inserting Text   1.13.9 Including Other Files

1.14.3 Shell Initialization Scripts   System Administration   2.3.1 The /etc/imitate file

2.4 Managing File Systems   2.6 Managing Users  2.6.5 Groups   2.7.2 gzip and compress

2.8.3 Making Backups To Tape Devices   2.9.1 Upgrading The Kernel   

2.9.3 Installing A Device Driver Module

BOOK: LINUX QUICK COMMAND REFERENCE

Acknowledgements: Thanks! Larry

http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/~psadler

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