Beginning UNIX User's Guide - Linux

Gordon W. Haverland

A text version (dvitty) is here

 
• Contents
• Introduction
• Operating System Concepts
  • Multi-user
  • Multi-tasking
  • Multi-processing
  • Virtual Memory
  • Shells
  • Kernel
• UNIX Overview
  • Design Goals
  • Characteristics
• Can We Play Now?
  • Root Login
  • User Login
  • ``Elementary'' Commands
    • Where are we? (pwd)
    • Changing Directories (cd)
    • Listing Files (ls)
    • Copying Files (cp)
    • Renaming Files (mv)
    • Deleting Files (rm)
    • What is a File?
    • Looking at an Entire File
    • Viewing the Beginning of a File (head)
    • Viewing the End of a File (tail)
    • Who is Logged into this Computer?
    • What Programs are Running?
    • Editing Files
      • vi
      • EMACS
      • Pico
    • Reboot and Shutdown
• Online Documentation
  • Man Pages
    • How to Read a Man Page
  • Info Pages
  • /usr/doc
• Filename Patterns (Regular Expressions)
  • Play Safe, Use echo
  • Other Regular Expression Languages
• File Types and Permissions
  • Types of Files
  • File Permissions
• Filesystem Hierarchy
• The vi Editor
  • Quitting vi
  • Reading Files
  • Cursor Movements
  • Adding Text
  • Deleting Text
  • Changing Text
  • Other Properties
• The emacs Editor
  • Quitting emacs
  • Reading Files
  • Cursor Movements
  • Adding Text
  • Deleting Text
  • Changing Text
  • Other Properties
• I/O Redirection
  • I/O Redirection Operators
• Miscellaneous
  • Shell Scripts
  • Shells
    • History
    • Alias
    • Job Control
    • Filename Completion
    • Command Line Editing
    • Shell Prompts
    • Shell Initialisation
    • Miscellaneous Shell Properties
  • File Permissions - chmod
  • Making Directories - mkdir
  • Removing Directories - rmdir
  • Removing Doubled Up Lines - uniq
  • Sorting Lines - sort
  • Counting Words - wc
  • Finding Differences Between Files - cmp diff diff3 sdiff
    • cmp
    • diff
    • sdiff
    • diff3
  • Checking Spelling - ispell
  • Printing a Calendar - cal
  • Converting Units - units
  • Accessing the System Clock - date
  • Clearing the Screen - clear
  • Setting TTY Properties - stty
  • Disk Space - df and du
  • Adding and Removing Filesystems - mount and umount
  • Working with MS-DOS Floppys - mtools
  • Calculating - bc
  • Changing Your Group - newgrp
  • Changing Your Password - passwd
  • Changing Your Login Shell - chsh
  • Printing - lp or lpr
  • Looking up User Information - finger
  • Signals and Stopping Runaway Programs - kill
  • Changing Execution Priority - nice
  • Running Long Programs - nohup
  • How Long Since a Reboot? - uptime
  • Analysing Columns of Data - cut
• Glossary
• /usr/doc - SuSE 5.3
• About this document ...