UNIX Help for Users

Tasks

• Getting started
• Working with files and directories
• Managing your working environment
• Controlling access to your files and directories
• Sending and receiving electronic mail
• Editing text files
• Managing jobs and processes
• Writing shell scripts

Commands

• Using UNIX commands
• Looking-up commands in the on-line manual
• Alphabetical list of the most popular commands
• UNIX commands for VMS users
• UNIX commands for DOS users

Concepts

• What is an operating system?
• The UNIX file system
• Understanding commands and processes
• The shell

Utilities

• Program development tools
• Text editors
• File manipulation utilities
• File transfer utilities
• UNIX shells

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Helpful information for users of the UNIX operating system, developed at the University of Edinburgh from work funded by the ITTI. Please read this disclaimer.