UNIX: Introduction to UNIX

Synopsis
Introduction to UNIX presents the features of UNIX that are most useful to new users, including logging in and out, file administration, command processing, displaying text, and using mail.

Audience
This course is for anyone who is new to UNIX, or who wants to expand what they already know about UNIX.

Time
4 hours, based on viewing all pages and completing all questions.

Product Code: UNXTC1

After completing Introduction to UNIX, the user should be able to:

Describe the three standard versions of UNIX

Log in and log out of a UNIX system

Work with directories and files

Display and change file permissions

Enter a command with arguments

Redirect input and output

Use the initialization file

Print

Send and receive mail

Introduction to UNIX
Provides an overview of the UNIX operating system.

Explaining how UNIX differs from DOS

Describing the three standard versions of UNIX

Logging in and logging out of a UNIX system

The File System
Explains how to manipulate directories and files.

Displaying, creating, and deleting directories

Naming, copying, moving, and deleting files

Displaying and changing file permissions

Processing Commands
Shows how the UNIX shell executes commands and how various shell features modify UNIX commands.

Entering a command with arguments

Connecting processes with pipes and tees

Processing commands in the background

Executing commands from files

Using the initialization file

Some Utility Programs
Describes the most commonly used utility programs of the UNIX systems.

Displaying a calendar

Displaying text on the screen

Printing

Sending and receiving mail

This course is distributed with the UNIX Glossary.