Contents

• Introduction
  • Getting a UNIX Account
  • Login, Logout, Setting Passwords
    • Login
    • Logout
    • Setting Passwords
• UNIX Shells
  • Entering Commands
  • Path
  • Processes
  • Standard Input, Output and Redirection
  • Pipes
  • Shell Scripts
  • Filters
  • Regular Expressions
• Working Environment
  • Environment Variables
    • Setting Environment Variables
    • Getting Values of Environment Variables
    • A Summary of some useful Environment variables
    • Changing Your Command Prompt
  • The Profile Files
  • Terminal Characteristics
    • Keyboards
  • Alias
  • Recalling Commands: history
    • C Shell
    • Korn Shell Command Line Editing
    • Command Line Editing in Other Shells
• File System
  • File Structure
    • Naming Directories and Files
    • Rules for Naming and Accessing Files
  • List of Simple File System Commands
    • Displaying the contents of a directory: ls
    • Changing the Working Directory: cd
    • Determining Your Working Directory: pwd
    • Creating a New Directory: mkdir
    • Removing an Existing Directory: rmdir
    • Renaming a Directory: mv
    • Displaying the Contents of a File: cat, more, etc
      • Combining Files
    • Renaming a File: mv
    • Copying a File: cp
    • Creating Links ln
    • Deleting a File: rm
    • File and Directory Permissions
    • Determining Permission: ls -l
    • Changing Permission: chmod
  • File Backup
    • Local Backup - ``Do it Yourself''
    • Central Backup -- ``Do it for Me''
  • AFS Overview
• Communications
  • Internet Overview
    • Internet addresses
    • Internet Services
  • Remote Login
    • Remote Processing
    • telnet
    • rlogin
      • Usage Notes:
  • Remote File Access
    • File transfer
    • ftp
      • Usage Notes:
      • Examples:
    • rcp
      • Examples:
  • Remote Shell
    • rsh
    • remsh
      • Usage Notes:
      • Examples:
    • rexec
  • Mail
    • Getting Started with mail
    • Getting started with mailx
    • Useful facilities
    • The elm mail system
    • The pine mail system
    • How to get help with problems
  • Printing
    • Printing with lpr
    • Some Useful Unix Print Functions
    • Printing with lp
    • Printing with LATEX
  • Connecting to CERNVM
    • Alphanumeric sessions - 3270
    • Access with graphics capabilities - x3270
    • Access via telnet - tagibm
• File Editing
  • vi
    • Operating Modes
    • Starting vi
    • Exiting vi
    • vi Command Mode
    • ex Command Mode
    • Basic vi Keystrokes
      • Moving around
      • Inserting Text
      • Deleting Text
      • Yank
      • Undoing and other vi Commands
      • Exiting Commands
      • Some ex Commands
    • The .exrc File
    • More about vi
  • GNU emacs
    • Emacs Commands
    • Starting emacs
    • Exiting emacs
    • Emacs Screen
    • Emacs modes
    • Basic emacs Keystrokes
      • Moving around
      • Deleting Text
      • Stopping and Undoing Commands
      • File-handling and exiting
      • Tutorial and Getting Help
    • More information about emacs
• Software Development
  • Compiling and Linking Programs in Unix
  • Compile, Link, Run
  • Important Platform Dependant Differences
  • Libraries
    • The cernlib command
  • Compiling and Linking Options
    • man page for Fortran
  • Creating and maintaining your own libraries
• Applications
  • ASIS
  • CORE (CSF,SHIFT,PIAF)
    • CSF
    • SHIFT
    • PIAF
  • PaRC
  • NQS, NQS++
• Getting Help
  • man pages
  • Vendor Online Help
    • IBM
    • HP
    • DEC
    • SUN
  • Information Servers
    • World Wide Web (WWW)
      • mosaic
      • WWW
    • phone
    • emdir
      • Example
  • News
    • NetNews
    • Newsreaders
• References
• Commonly Used Unix Commands
  • Managing Directories
  • Managing Files
  • Managing Jobs
  • On-line Help
  • System Information
  • Utility Programs
  • Directory Identifiers
  • Special Characters
• Glossary
• Index
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