Guide to Unix Using Linux

by Dent, Jack; Gaddis, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780760010969
• ISBN10: 076001096X
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Course Technology Ptr

Summary

Provides a hands-on, practical guide that teaches the fundamentals of the UNIX operating system concepts, architecture, and administration. CD-ROM included.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
The Essence of Unix	1	(34)
Lesson A: Getting Started with UNIX	2	(19)
Understanding Operating Systems	2	(1)
PC Operating Systems	3	(1)
Mainframe Operating System	4	(1)
Network Operating Systems	5	(1)
Introducing the UNIX Operating System	6	(1)
A Brief History of UNIX	6	(1)
UNIX Concepts	6	(1)
Linux and UNIX	7	(1)
Introducing UNIX Shells	8	(1)
Choosing Your Shell	9	(1)
Switching from Shell to Shell	9	(1)
Choosing User Names and Passwords	9	(1)
Connecting to UNIX Using Telnet	10	(1)
Logging On to UNIX	10	(1)
Entering Commands	11	(1)
The date Command	11	(1)
The cal Command	12	(2)
The who Command	14	(2)
Command-line Editing	16	(1)
Multiple Command Entry	17	(1)
The clear Command	17	(1)
The Command-line History	17	(1)
The man Program	18	(1)
The whatis Command	19	(1)
Logging Out of UNIX	20	(1)
Lesson B: Roles of the System Administrator and Ordinary Users	21	(14)
Understanding the Role of the UNIX System Administrator	21	(1)
The System Administrator's Command Line	21	(1)
The Ordinary User's Command Line	22	(1)
Changing Passwords	22	(1)
Viewing Files Using the cat, more, less, head, and tail Commands	23	(1)
Redirecting Output	24	(2)
Summary	26	(1)
Command Summary	27	(1)
Review Questions	28	(4)
Exercises	32	(1)
Discovery Exercises	33	(2)
Exploring the Unix File System	35	(34)
Lesson A: Understanding Files and Directories	36	(20)
Understanding the UNIX File System	36	(1)
Understanding the Standard Tree Structure	37	(1)
Using UNIX Partitions	38	(1)
Setting Up File System Partitions	39	(1)
The/usr Partition	40	(1)
The /home Partition	40	(1)
The /swap Partition	40	(1)
Exploring the Root File System	40	(1)
The /bin Directory	41	(1)
The /boot Directory	41	(1)
The /dev Directory	41	(2)
The /etc Directory	43	(1)
The /lib Directory	43	(1)
The /mnt Directory	43	(1)
The /proc Directory	43	(1)
The /root Directory	43	(1)
The /sbin Directory	44	(1)
The /tmp Directory	44	(1)
The /var Directory	44	(1)
Using the mount Command	44	(1)
Understanding Paths and Pathnames	45	(1)
Using Your Command-line Prompt	45	(1)
Customizing Your Prompt	46	(1)
The pwd Command	47	(7)
Using Wildcards	54
Navigating the File System	48	(1)
Using Dot and Dot Dot Addressing Techniques	49	(1)
Listing Directory Contents	50	(4)
Using Wildcards	54	(2)
Lesson B: Working with Files and Directories	56	(13)
Creating Directories and Files	56	(1)
Copying Files	57	(1)
Setting File Permissions	58	(3)
Summary	61	(1)
Command Summary	62	(1)
Review Questions	63	(4)
Exercises	67	(1)
Discovery Exercises	67	(2)
The Unix Editors	69	(32)
Lesson A: The vi Editor	70	(21)
Understanding UNIX Files	70	(1)
ASCII Text Files	70	(1)
GUI Files	71	(1)
Executable Program Files	72	(1)
Using Operating System Editors	72	(1)
Using the vi Editor	72	(1)
Creating a New File in the vi Editor	72	(1)
Inserting Text	73	(1)
Repeating a Change	74	(1)
Moving the Cursor	75	(1)
Deleting Text	76	(3)
Undoing a Command	79	(1)
Searching for a Pattern	79	(2)
Searching and Replacing	81	(1)
Saving a File and Exiting vi	82	(1)
Adding Text from Another File	83	(1)
Leaving vi Temporarily	83	(1)
Changing Your Display While Editing	84	(1)
Copying or Cutting and Pasting	85	(1)
Printing vi files	85	(1)
Canceling an Editing Session	85	(1)
Summary	86	(1)
Command Summary	86	(1)
Review Questions	87	(3)
Exercises	90	(1)
Discovery Exercises	90	(1)
Lesson B: The Emacs Editor	91	(10)
Using the Emacs Editor	91	(2)
Creating a New File in Emacs	93	(1)
Editing an Emacs File	94	(2)
Summary	96	(1)
Command Summary	97	(1)
Review Questions	97	(2)
Exercises	99	(1)
Discovery Exercises	100	(1)
Unix File Processing	101	(38)
Lesson A: Extracting Information from Files	102	(25)
UNIX's Approach to File Processing	102	(1)
Understanding UNIX File Types	102	(1)
UNIX File Structures	103	(1)
Processing Files	104	(1)
Using Input and Error Redirection	104	(2)
Manipulating Files	106	(1)
Creating Files	106	(1)
Deleting Files	107	(1)
Removing Directories	108	(1)
Copying Files	108	(2)
Recursively Removing Directories	110	(1)
Moving Files	111	(1)
Finding Files	112	(1)
Combining Files	112	(2)
The Paste Command	114	(1)
Using the Cut Command to Remove Fields	115	(4)
Using the Sort Command	119	(1)
Putting It All Together	120	(4)
Summary	124	(1)
Review Questions	124	(2)
Exercises	126	(1)
Discovery Exercises	126	(1)
Lesson B: Assembling Extracted Information	127	(12)
Using Script Files	127	(1)
Using the Join Command	128	(2)
Using the Join Command to Create the Vendor Report	130	(1)
A Brief Introduction to Awk	131	(1)
Using the Awk Command to Refine the Vendor Report	132	(2)
Summary	134	(1)
Command Summary	134	(2)
Review Questions	136	(1)
Exercises	137	(1)
Discovery Exercises	137	(2)
Advanced File Processing	139	(38)
Lesson A: Selecting, Manipulating, and Formatting Information	140	(18)
Advancing Your File Processing Skills	140	(2)
Using the Select Commands	142	(1)
Using Pipes	142	(1)
Using the grep Command	143	(1)
Using the uniq Command	144	(2)
Using the comm Command	146	(1)
Using the diff Command	147	(1)
Using the wc Command	148	(1)
Using the Manipulate and Format Commands	148	(1)
Introducing sed	148	(3)
Translating Characters Using the tr Command	151	(1)
Using the pr Command to Format Your Output	152	(2)
Command Summary	154	(1)
Summary	154	(1)
Review Questions	155	(2)
Exercises	157	(1)
Discovery Exercises	157	(1)
Lesson B: Using UNIX File Processing Tools to Create an Application	158	(19)
Designing a New File Processing Application	158	(1)
Designing Records	158	(1)
Linking Files	159	(1)
Creating the Programmer and Project Files	160	(3)
Formatting Output	163	(2)
Cutting and Sorting	165	(2)
Using a Shell Program to Implement the Application	167	(4)
Putting It All Together to Produce the Report	171	(2)
Command Summary	173	(1)
Summary	173	(1)
Review Questions	173	(1)
Exercises	174	(1)
Discovery Exercises	175	(2)
Introduction to Shell Programming	177	(46)
Lesson A: Using the UNIX Shell as a Programming Language	178	(29)
Previewing the Application	178	(1)
The Program Development Cycle	179	(1)
Using High-Level Languages	180	(1)
Using UNIX Shell Scripts	181	(1)
Prototyping an Application	182	(1)
The Programming Shell	182	(1)
Variables	183	(4)
Shell Operators	187	(1)
Defining and Evaluating Operators	188	(1)
Exporting Shell Variables to the Environment	189	(1)
Arithmetic Operators	190	(2)
Preventing Redirection from Overwriting Files	192	(1)
More About Wildcard Characters	192	(1)
Shell Logic Structures	193	(1)
Sequential Logic	193	(1)
Decision Logic	193	(3)
Looping Logic	196	(5)
Case Logic	201	(1)
Summary	202	(1)
Review Questions	203	(2)
Exercises	205	(1)
Discovery Exercises	205	(2)
Lesson B: Creating and Completing the Corporate Phones Application	207	(16)
Using Shell Programming to Create a Menu	207	(2)
Customizing Your Personal Environment	209	(2)
The trap Command	211	(1)
Creating the Corp_phones File	211	(2)
Viewing Unformatted Records	213	(1)
Using Awk	214	(2)
Creating the Phoneadd Shell Program	216	(2)
Summary	218	(1)
Command Summary	218	(1)
Review Questions	219	(2)
Exercises	221	(1)
Discovery Exercises	221	(2)
Advanced Shell Programming	223	(52)
Lesson A: Developing a Full Featured Program	224	(31)
Analyzing the Program	224	(1)
Flowcharting	224	(3)
Writing Pseudocode	227	(1)
Ensuring the Correct Shell Runs the Script	228	(1)
Using the test Command	229	(1)
Relational Integer Tests with the test Command	229	(2)
String Tests with the test Command	231	(3)
Testing Files with the test Command	234	(2)
Performing Boolean Tests with the test Command	236	(7)
Formatting Record Output	243	(4)
Deleting Phone Records	247	(3)
Summary	250	(1)
Review Questions	251	(1)
Exercises	252	(2)
Discovery Exercises	254	(1)
Lesson B: Completing the Case Project	255	(20)
Clearing the Screen	255	(1)
Moving the Cursor	256	(1)
Creating Program Algorithms	256	(6)
Protecting Against Entering Duplicate Phone Numbers	262	(3)
Using Shell Functions	265	(2)
Reusing Code	267	(2)
Sorting the Phone List	269	(1)
Summary	270	(1)
Command Summary	271	(1)
Review Questions	272	(1)
Exercises	273	(1)
Discovery Exercises	274	(1)
Exploring the Unix Utilities	275	(42)
Lesson A: Using the Unix Utilities	276	(30)
Understanding UNIX Utilities	276	(1)
Classifying UNIX Utility Programs	277	(5)
Using the File Processing Utilities	282	(1)
Using the dd Command	282	(1)
Making a Bootable Floppy Disk	283	(5)
Checking Hard Disk Usage	288	(1)
Using the df Utility	289	(2)
Using the du Utility	291	(2)
Removing Garbage Files	293	(2)
Applying System Status Utilities	295	(7)
Summary	302	(1)
Review Questions	303	(1)
Exercises	304	(1)
Discovery Exercises	305	(1)
Lesson B: Working with the Text Formatting File Utilities	306	(11)
Spell-checking a Document	306	(2)
Comparing Files	308	(1)
Formatting Text in UNIX	309	(5)
Summary	314	(1)
Review Questions	314	(2)
Exercises	316	(1)
Discovery Exercises	316	(1)
Perl and CGI Programming	317	(46)
Lesson A: Learning to Use Perl	318	(30)
Introduction to Perl	318	(7)
Identifying Data Types	325	(1)
Variables and Constants	326	(1)
Scalars	326	(1)
Numbers	326	(1)
Strings	326	(2)
Arrays	328	(1)
Hashes	329	(1)
Perl versus Awk Programs	330	(3)
How Perl Accesses Disk Files	333	(4)
Using Perl to Sort	337	(1)
Using Perl to Sort Alphanumeric Fields	337	(3)
Using Perl to Sort Numeric Fields	340	(4)
Summary	344	(1)
Review Questions	344	(2)
Exercises	346	(1)
Discovery Exercises	347	(1)
Lesson B: Creating an Interactive Web Page	348	(15)
Setting Up a Web Page	348	(1)
Creating Web Pages	349	(2)
CGI Overview	351	(7)
Creating the Dominion Consulting Web Page	358	(3)
Summary	361	(1)
Review Questions	361	(1)
Exercises	362	(1)
Discovery Exercises	362	(1)
Developing Unix Applications in C and C++	363	(54)
Lesson A: C Language Programming	364	(41)
Introducing C Programming	364	(1)
Creating a C Program	365	(1)
C Key Words	365	(2)
The C Library	367	(1)
Program Format	367	(1)
Including Comments	368	(1)
Using the Preprocessor #include Directive	368	(1)
Specifying Data Types	369	(1)
Character Constants	370	(1)
Using Strings	370	(1)
Including Identifiers	371	(1)
Declaring Variables	371	(1)
Understanding the Scope of Variables	372	(1)
Using Math Operators	372	(2)
Generating Formatted Output with printf	374	(3)
Using the if Statement	377	(1)
Using C Loops	378	(2)
Defining Functions	380	(1)
Using Function Arguments	381	(2)
Using Function Return Values	383	(2)
Working with Files in C	385	(2)
Using the Make Utility to Maintain Program Source Files	387	(5)
Debugging Your Program	392	(1)
Creating a C Program to Accept Input	393	(3)
Encoding and Decoding Programs	396	(6)
Summary	402	(1)
Review Questions	402	(1)
Exercises	403	(1)
Discovery Exercises	404	(1)
Lesson B: C++ Programming in a UNIX environment	405	(12)
Introducing C++ Programming	405	(1)
Creating a Simple C++ Program	406	(1)
Creating a C++ Program That Reads a Text File	407	(2)
How C++ Enhances C Functions	409	(2)
Setting Up a Class	411	(2)
Summary	413	(1)
Review Questions	413	(1)
Exercises	414	(1)
Discovery Exercises	415	(2)
The X Window System	417	(102)
Lesson A: Starting and Navigating an X Window Session	418	(18)
What is the X Window System?	418	(1)
X Window Clients and Servers	419	(1)
Window Managers	420	(1)
Using GNOME	420	(1)
Starting the X Window System	421	(1)
Configuring Linux to Automatically Start the X Window System	421	(2)
Interacting with the X Window System	423	(1)
Interacting with Windows	424	(4)
Interacting with the Panel	428	(5)
Summary	433	(1)
Review Questions	433	(2)
Exercises	435	(1)
Discovery Exercises	435	(1)
Lesson B: Running Applications and Customizing the Desktop	436	(41)
Running Built-in Applications	436	(10)
Using the Calendar Application	446	(7)
Using the Spreadsheet Application	453	(8)
Configuring the Desktop	461	(1)
Changing the Background and Screen Saver	461	(5)
Configuring the Panel	466	(4)
Adding Programs to the Main Menu	470	(2)
Summary	472	(1)
Command Summary	472	(1)
Review Questions	473	(1)
Exercises	474	(1)
Discovery Exercises	475	(2)
appendix A
How to Access a Unix/Linux Operating System	477	(16)
Using a Dial-Up Connection to Access a Remote System	478	(1)
Setting Up a Dial-Up Network Connection in Windows 95 and 98	478	(1)
Configuring Your System for Dial-up Networking	479	(3)
Configuring Your System's Network Connection	482	(3)
Installing Dial-up Networking	485	(2)
Setting Up a New Connection	487	(3)
Using Telnet to Access a Remote System	490	(1)
Information You Need	491	(2)
appendix B
Syntax Guide to Unix Commands	493	(14)
appendix C
How to Install Red Hat Linux 6.0	507	(12)
Gather Information About Your Computer Hardware and Network	508	(1)
Preparing the Linux Boot Disk	509	(1)
Preparing the Hard Disk	510	(1)
Installing Red Hat Linux 6.0	511	(8)
glossary	519	(10)
index	529