The First Book of UNIX Quick Start Easy Read and Reference - Douglas Topham - First - 1990 - Paperback - Howard W. Sams & Company

The First Book of UNIX Quick Start Easy Read and Reference

Douglas Topham is an experienced programmer and computer writer. His writing credits include user's guides for popular word processing software and articles in InfoWorld and other industry publications. He is the author of A System V Guide to UNIX and XENIX.

The UNIX operating system is many things to many people: a workplace, a programming environment, an aid to integration, a subculture. You want it to be one thing: comprehensible. But the UNIX universe is wide and deep, and more complex than you may want to hear about.

Day-to-day UNIX users�and programmers new to UNIX� need a guide that keeps to the UNIX essentials, cuts away everything that most users don't care about, and explains what's left in simple, clear English.

The First Book of UNIX does just that, and does it with the proven tools of Sams' First Books: easy-to-read explanations, summaries, quizzes, abundant illustrations, and nothing you don't need or can't grasp with ease. Right from the first chapter you'll learn how to "log in" to the UNIX system and get to work. Then you'll discover how to

* Manage and organize files
* Give UNIX commands
* Fire up powerful UNIX utilities
* Compose, edit, and format text
^ Send electronic messages to other UNIX users
* Perform many basic system administration chores

This book won't make you a UNIX programmer�it won't even try to. But it will make you a competent, comfortable, and productive UNIX user. And because of its quick-reference section, your First Book will come in handy whenever you need simple answers to tough questions�in fact, it may end up being your first and last UNIX source.