• Log on and off the system
• Manage your password
• Retrieve help information about Linux and UNIX commands
• Use a variety of common commands
• Access networked systems using standard applications
• Recognize different types of files
• Utilize a hierarchical file system with full and relative path names
• Create and manage files and directories
• Use the vi editor to create and modify file contents
• Format and print information
• Monitor and control program processes
• Use simple shell features such as pipes and I/O redirection

History and Development

• Objectives
• Typographic Conventions
• The Humble Beginnings
• Universities and Portability
• Commercial Unix Begins
• Standardization Begins
• Unix Wars Begin
• GUI Wars
• Desktop Unix, the Wars Abate
• Around Y2K
• Now & Into the Future
• UNIX for PCs
• Linux
• Major Linux Players
• BSDs
• Summary

UNIX Features

• Objectives
• Maturity
• Reliability
• Scalability
• Portability
• Multi-User/Mulit-Tasking
• Background Processing/Multi-processing
• Background Processing/Multi-processing Examples
• System Security and File Security
• The UNIX Shell
• The UNIX Kernel
• Hierarchical File System
• Different Types of Files
• Programming Development Tools
• Powerful Set of Utilities
• Network Features
• Conclusion

Getting Started

• Objectives
• What Do You Need To Get Started?
• Login/Logout
• Login-Logout Problems
• UNIX Windows Managers
• Sun, HP, IBM: Motif
• More Motif
• KDE Desktop
• Start a Browser
• Typical Window Parts
• Start Terminal Session
• Konsole Window
• Left-Click/Drag to Copy
• Center-Click to Paste
• Right-Click to Add Button to Toolbar
• Right-Click to Move or Remove Button
• Control Center
• Change Password
• man—Displays Manual Pages Online
• man—Example
• Logout
• Lab 3

Shell

• Objectives
• The UNIX Shell
• Commands
• Examples of Commands
• Command Execution Sequence
• Standard Input and Output
• Redirection (>,>>,<)
• Redirection (>,>>,<) Examples
• Pipelines: Connecting Command Processes
• Pipe Examples
• Paging Output
• Background Processing
• Shell Wild-card Matching
• Shell Wild-card Matching Examples
• Summary
• Review
• Lab 4

Information About Your Machine

• Objectives
• Shell Variables
• User Environment
• Working With Your Prompt
• Secondary Prompt
• hostname – Display System Name
• Today Is?
• Which Version of UNIX Am I Using?
• who – List Who Is Logged On
• who Options
• tty – Display Terminal Device Name
• pwd – Print Working Directory
• ps – Process Status
• ps Example
• ps Headings
• More ps Headings
• nice – Run a Command at Low Priority
• kill – Kill a Process
• kill Examples
• stty – Set Terminal Options
• stty Example
• ping – Contact a Network Host
• ping
• df – Report Number of Free Disk Blocks and i-nodes
• bdf (HP) – Report Number of Free Disk Blocks and i-nodes
• df/bdf Example
• du – Summarize Disk Usage
• due Example
• Summary
• Review
• Lab 5

Files

• Objectives
• Types of Files
• Ordinary Files
• Directories
• Links
• Special Files
• Special Files – Block and Character
• Special Files – Socket and Fifo
• Symbolic Links
• File Names
• Hierarchical System
• Tree Structured File System
• File Protection
• File Details
• File Pathnames
• Full Pathnames
• Relative Pathnames
• File Pathnames Examples
• Home Directory
• Summary
• Review
• Lab 6

File Commands

• Objectives
• UNIX Command Syntax
• Command Examples
• cat – Concatenate and Display
• cat Examples
• echo – Output a String
• echo Example
• ls – List Directory Contents
• ls Examples
• mkdir – Make Directories
• mkdir Example
• cd and pwd
• cd and pwd Examples
• cp – Copy files and directories
• cp Examples
• rm – Remove Files or Directories
• rm Example
• ln – make links between files
• ln Example
• Symbolic Links
• Symbolic Link Example
• mv – Move or Rename Files
• mv Example
• rmdir – Remove Empty Directories
• tail – Output the Last Part of Files
• tail Example
• file – Determine File Type
• file Example
• find – Find Files
• find Example
• chmod – Change Mode
• chmod Example
• chmod and Directories
• Command Summary
• Review
• Lab 7

Communications

• Objectives
• Communications
• Basic Network - PPP
• Remote Logins
• telnet
• ssh
• FTP
• Removable Media
• Instant Messaging
• gaim
• E-mail Details
• mail
• Sending Mail
• elm
• Pine
• Kmail
• Internet Relay Chat
• KSirc
• Netnews
• nn
• Mozilla News
• Streaming Media
• Web Browsing
• Lynx
• w3m
• Konqueror
• Mozilla
• Non-Streaming Media
• Review
• Lab 8

Vi Editor

• Objective
• What is Editing?
• Editor
• Creating a File Using vi
• Special Functions
• Inserting Text
• Moving Around in the File
• Scrolling, Paging and Moving
• Searching
• Searching for Patterns
• Substituting Text
• Deleting and Changing Text
• Moving and Copying Text
• Correcting Text Summary
• Sentences and Paragraphs
• Manipulating Text
• Transferring Data
• Writing a File
• Reading from File or Command
• Leaving the Editor
• vi Environment Variables
• vi Commands Summary
• Regular Expression Summary
• Review
• Lab 9

Information Retrieval

• Objectives
• man ---Displays Manual Pages Onlines
• man Example
• whatis ---Display Command Description
• whereis ---Locate Source, Binary and Man Page
• xman – X Window Man Pages
• info Files
• System-Dependent Documentation
• Lab 10

Information Processing

• Objectives
• diff ---Difference Between Two Files
• diff Example
• comm ---Display Common Lines
• comm Example
• grep ---Search Patterns In Files
• grep Example
• sort ---Sort Files
• sort Example
• uniq ---Remove Repeated Lines in a File
• uniq Example
• cut ---Cut Out Selected Field
• cut Example
• paste ---Paste Files Together
• split ---Split a File Into Smaller Files
• split Example
• join ---Join Files on a Common Field
• join Example
• tr ---Translate Characters
• tr Example
• wc ---Word Count
• wc Example
• tee ---Replicate Standard Output to a File
• pr ---Prepare Files For Printing
• Summary
• Review
• Lab 11

Batch Jobs

• Objectives
• at and batch
• at Files
• Who Can Use at?
• cron
• crontab Example
• cron Tables
• crontab
• Review
• Lab 12

Shell Programming

• Objectives
• What Is The Shell and What Does It Do?
• Which Shell?
• Bourne Shell Programming
• Shell Features
• Bourne Shell Program
• Another Example
• Sample Shell Script
• Summary
• Lab 13

Appendix A: User Groups

Appendix B: Review Questions and Answers