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UNIX Tutorial for Beginners

A beginners guide to the Unix and Linux operating system. Eight simple tutorials which cover the basics of UNIX / Linux commands.

Contents

  • Typographical Conventions
  • Introduction to The UNIX operating system
    • What is UNIX?
    • Files and processes
    • The Directory Structure
    • Starting an UNIX terminal
  • Tutorial One
    • Listing files and directories
    • Making Directories
    • Changing to a different Directory
    • The directories . and ..
    • Pathnames
    • More about home directories and pathnames
  • Tutorial Two
    • Copying Files
    • Moving Files
    • Removing Files and directories
    • Displaying the contents of a file on the screen
    • Searching the contents of a file
  • Tutorial Three
    • Redirection
    • Redirecting the Output
    • Redirecting the Input
    • Pipes
  • Tutorial Four
    • Wildcards
    • Filename Conventions
    • Getting Help
  • Tutorial Five
    • File system security (access rights)
    • Changing access rights
    • Processes and Jobs
    • Listing suspended and background processes
    • Killing a process
  • Tutorial Six
    • Other Useful UNIX commands
  • Tutorial Seven
    • Compiling UNIX software packages
    • Installing the development tools
    • Download source code
    • Extracting source code
    • Configuring and creating the Makefile
    • Building the package
    • Running the software
    • Stripping unnecessary code
  • Tutorial Eight
    • UNIX variables
    • Environment variables
    • Shell variables
    • Using and setting variables

Download

  • The original version of this tutorial is available for download so you can work offline. You can also copy and modify it for your own site. Please read the terms and conditions.
  • Links to other UNIX resources.

Acknowledgements

This version of the UNIX tutorial for Beginners has been adapted for use with the Ubuntu Live CD by Christopher P. Jobling C.P.Jobling@Swansea.ac.uk, School of Engineering, Swansea University, from the original by Michael Stonebank of the University of Surrey. See Download for links to the original work.

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— This version Dr Chris P. Jobling 2007/09/11 15:46

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