Guide to Unix/Explanations

This part of the guide contains a list of various topics which introduce and explain the use and administration of Unix-like systems. There is an attempt to organise the subpages into parts. Part 1: Command Line /Shell Prompt/ introducing the shell, commands, and arguments /Quoting and Filename Expansion/ /Pipes and Job Control/ /Signals/ /Choice of Shell/ /Environment/ environment variables and process limits /Connecting to Remote Unix/ accessing remote shells and files 25% October 7, 2005 Part 2: Common Programs /Scheduling Jobs/ at, cron /Introduction to Editors/ available text editors more less chmod chgrp cut sort sed awk /bc/ utility for arbitrary-precision arithmetic ../roff/ text formatting, often for manual pages Part 3: Administration /Becoming Root/ su and sudo for running commands as the root user /Installing Packages/ binary packages from your OS-vendor 25% October 2, 2005 Part 4: Hardware /Determining Hardware/ what hardware is my system using? /Filesystems and Swap/ mounting disks, formatting and mounting disk images 50% October 2, 2005 /Partitioning Disks/ creating and editting partition maps 25% October 3, 2005 /Compact Discs/ playing audio, ripping with cdparanoia, burning with cdrecord Part 5: Networking /Interprocess Communication/ pipes, sockets, packets, local versus network /Real Networking Interfaces/ Ethernet, PPP, wireless /Fake Networking Interfaces/ loopback, bridges, encapsulation This list needs more topics. Part 6: Electronic Mail /Mail Server Overview/ Incoming Mail, Outgoing Mail, Local Mail, Client Connectivity /Mail Server Related Terminology/ Part 7: Security /Firewalls/ How firewalls work and how to configure them Part 8: Beyond This Book /Finding Additional Help/ search engines and user groups