The UNIX Companion

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Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1995 - Computers - 804 pages
UNIX master Harley Hahn, bestselling author and one of the most respected names in the international UNIX and Internet communities, covers every important UNIX topic for beginning and intermediate users. With his characteristic wit and a clear, readable writing style, Hahn offers a comprehensive treatment that makes learning UNIX enjoyable for everyone.

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Contents

III
13
Starting to Use Unix
25
Upper and Lowercase
32
Copyright

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alias automatically BACKSPACE Berkeley Unix Bourne built-in C-Shell called Chapter 25 character connection contains copy create CTRL current line default delete discuss echo editing buffer emacs enter the command erase example execute explained in Chapter Figure file named folder graphical user interface grep harley header HINT home directory input Internet keyboard kill Korn shell letters login logout look lowercase mail program memo META key mode move the cursor online manual operating system option output pathname pattern pine press RETURN refer regular expression replace screen send mail server shell prompt shell script shell variables someone space specify syntax system manager Tcsh text editor type of terminal Unix commands Unix file system Unix manual Unix systems uppercase userid UUCP window manager word xterm

About the author (1995)

Harley Hahn has won praise for his entertaining, informative, and hugely popular books on computers and the Internet. Hahn earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a graduate computer science degree from the University of California at San Diego. He studied medicine at the University of Toronto Medical School before deciding to write professionally. He is best known for Harley Hahn's Internet & Web Yellow Pages (fifth edition, 1998). The first Internet book to sell more than a million copies, it is widely considered an indispensable resource to the wonders of cyberspace. His goal was not only to show Internet users the best sites to explore, but to guide them to related subjects that interest them, and help them to use the Web to its fullest potential. In addition to a comprehensive list of categories and subcategories to topics on the Net, the book includes many samplings from Web sites and news groups, along with whimsical features, such as a list of "25 things to do on the Net when you should be working." Harley Hahn's other books include The InternetComplete Reference (1996), A Student's Guide to Unix (1993) and The Unix Companion (1995).

Bibliographic information

TitleThe UNIX Companion
AuthorHarley Hahn
Editionillustrated
PublisherOsborne McGraw-Hill, 1995
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedNov 19, 2009
ISBN0078821495, 9780078821493
Length804 pages
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