Teach Yourself Unix

by Kevin Reichard

This tutorial allows new or intermediate-lev el users to review the basics of a UNIX session. The new or expanded topics include the common desktop environment (CDE), and additional UNIX commands. ' This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558285881
• ISBN13: 9781558285880
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: MIS: Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Alas in UNIX-land

The fourth edition is very helpful. The style is clear and plain, but overall this book would be improved by more attention paid to actual tasks than to commands per se, especially since some of these commands (to a newcomer) are cryptic. Nevertheless by taking notes and highlighting the index, it's easy enough to navigate this book. There's a helpful listing of major UNIX commands in the back. The book covers "getting started" (logging on and off, etc.), file and directory basics, UNIX tools (basic 'vi' stuff - the text editor), command customization, C/Korn/Bash shells, multitasking, the Internet and e-mail, FTP, shell and C++ programming basics, and system administration. As the authors state, the book is kept brief (397 pages) to ensure simple delivery of what's most needed to get started pushing buttons. The format is similar to Who's Afraid of C++? in that it tries to be user-friendly by supplying small quizzes and simple tasks at each chapter's conclusion to ensure you've grasped the basic ideas presented. This book can prove to be a life saver in any situation involving molecular orbital calculations involving UNIX navigation (C shell). Overall, this is a sympathetic and clear-cut introduction to UNIX.