Introduction to Unix


This page is written by Maria Martinez and Wendy Miller, based on a lecture by Sam Buss.

Unix Command Line Interface

Login
Files and Directories
Passwords
Printing
Online help

Alternate Sources of Information

http://www.cs.nps.navy.mil/help/unixinfo/vi_.html

http://ece.wpi.edu/Resources/computers/vi.html

http://www.rdt.monash.edu.au/~korg/level/class/vi/vi.html

http://sdphln.ucsd.edu/pcf/help.html
This reference has vi tutorials and WWW basics.

Also check out the computer guides available at

http://www.cco.caltech.edu/cco/refguide/

http://carnot.engr.utk.edu/ecc/unixguide/node193.html
(1) Logging in


(2) Prompts


(3) Basic Cursor Commands


(4) Logging out


(5) Files and Directories
Files are organized in directories.

(6) Passwords / Registration / Finger

(7) Printing Files


(8) Printing Files to a Laser Printer


(9) Online Help


Contact author: Sam Buss, sbuss@ucsd.edu
Last updated: July 10, 1996.

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