CONTENTS
Preface xix
Conventions Used in this Book xxiii
PART I
CHAPTER l GETTING STARTED 3
CHAPTER 2 A CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND 16
CHAPTER 3 UNDERSTANDING THE UNIX COMMAND 28
CHAPTER 4 GENERAL PURPOSE UTILITIES 43
CHAPTER 5 THE FILE SYSTEM 57
CHAPTER 6 HANDLING ORDINARY FILES 74
CHAPTER 7 BASIC FILE ATTRIBUTES 97
CHAPTER 8 THE VI EDITOR 110
CHAPTER 9 THE SHELL 133
CHAPTER 10 THE PROCESS 159
CHAPTER 11 CUSTOMIZING THE ENVIRONMENT 178
CHAPTER 12 COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONIC MAIL 193
CHAPTER 13 MORE FILES ATTRIBUTES 208
CHAPTER 14 SIMPLE FILTERS 224
CHAPTER 15 FILTERS USING REGULAR EXPRESSIONS-GREPANDSED 240
CHAPTER 16 ESSENTIAL SHELL PROGRAMMING 264
CHAPTER 17 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION 299
PART II
CHAPTER 18 THE X WINDOW SYSTEM 327
CHAPTER 19 TCP/IP NETWORKING 345
CHAPTER 20 THE INTERNET 364
CHAPTER 21 AWK--AN ADVANCED FILTER 385
CHAPTER 22 PERL---THE MASTER MANIPULATOR 402
CHAPTER 23 ADVANCED VI 429
CHAPTER 24 ADVANCED SHELL PROGRAMMING 445
CHAPTER 25 SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING I---FILES 465
CHAPTER 26 SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING II--PROCESS CONTROL 507
CHAPTER 27 ADVANCED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION 552
CHAPTER 28 TCP/IP NETWORK ADMINISTRATION 580
Appendix A The C Shell—Programming Constructs 601
Appendix B Programming Tools—make and ar 606
Appendix C Solutions to Test Your Understanding 617
Appendix D Glossary 633
Appendix E Bibliography 653
Index 656