We designed this book to be used as both a tutorial and a reference. If you’re a Unix newbie, you should start at the beginning and work forward through the first several chapters. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll build on concepts and commands you learned in previous chapters. Then, as you become more proficient, you can start picking and choosing topics, depending on what you want to do. Be sure to reference the table of contents, index, and the appendixes to find information. Each chapter covers several topics, each of which is presented in its own section. Each section. | VISUAL QUICKSTART CUIDE DEBORAH S. RAY ERIC J. RAY UNIX Second Edition Teach yourself Unix the quick and easy way This Visual QuickStart Guide uses pictures rather than lengthy explanations. You ll be up and running in no time VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDE Unix Second Edition Deborah S. Ray and Eric J. Ray O Peachpit Press Visual QuickStart Guide Unix Second Edition Deborah S. Ray and Eric J. Ray Peachpit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley CA 94710 510 524-2178 800 283-9444 510 524-2221 fax Find us on the World Wide Web au hup To report errors please send a note to errata@ peachpiLcom Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education. Copyright 2003 by Deborah S. Ray and Eric J. Ray Editor Suki Gear Copy Editor Brenda Benner Technical Editor Stephen Talley Production Coordinator Judy Zimola Compositor Kelli Kamel Cover Design The Visual Group Cover Production Nathalie Valette Indexer Lori Lathrop Notice of rights All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts contact permissions a . Notice of liability The information in this book is distributed on an As Is basis without warranty. W hile every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book neither the author nor Peachpit Press shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it Trademarks Visual QuickStart Guide is a registered trademark of Peachpit Press a division of Pearson Education. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Throughout this book trademarked names are used. Rather than put
