linux

4/3/2003


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Table of Contents

linux

UNIX history

GNU & Linux History

The Historic USENET post

Interesting Links

Linux / UNIX - Vocabulary

Lycoris Linux

Setup Screen - Lycoris Linux

Lycoris disk partition screen

Red Hat install screen

Red Hat disk partition screen

But first, more background...

a starting point

Linux/ UNIX consists of 2 things:

UNIX files - 4 types

UNIX filesystem tree

Linux Filesystems (Red Hat)

File directories

Linux File Directory (ls -al)

How to access the system...

Passwords

Linux Shells

the ESSENTIAL commands

man

ls

cd

pwd

more

who - whoami - who am i

file, cat, head and tail

mkdir

cp

mv

rm

touch and tee

UNIX File Names

redirection and pipes

SPECIAL CHARACTERS

col

df / du

kill

“date”

grep – global regular expression

awk

find

sed

Comparison of Operating Systems

perl (command line use)

basic scripting

scripting example

Sample script - trim log file

intro to the vi editor

why vi?

vi - steep learning curve...

vi for windows

vi - simple cursor movements

vi Editor: Simple Cursor Movement

vi Editor: Movement

vi Editor: Editing

vi Editor: Editing (cont’d)

vi Editor: Movement by Searches

FILE PERMISSIONS

chmod / chown

ksh / CDE setup

tr

tar, compress and gzip

ftp - file transfer protocol

UNIX kernel block diagram

Internet Protocols - UNIX Variants

network abbreviations

inetd daemon: provides Internet service management for a network

network configuration files

Typical Roles of a System Administrator

reading list

Author: John Meister

Home Page: http://wagoneers.com/UNIX

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