UNIX : The Textbook

by Sarwar, Syed Mansoor; Koretsky, Robert; Sarwar, Syed Aqeel

• ISBN13: 9780321227317
• ISBN10: 032122731X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-22
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Summary

UNIX: A Textbook assumes that the reader has no background in UNIX. It carefully blends important UNIX concepts, like inter-process communication and I/O redirection, with shell commands to enhance understanding of both. Chapters are organized so readers focus on a small set of related topics. The book begins by providing a "UNIX Quick Start" for readers who want to immediately start using the book as a reference and begin working with UNIX. Then, the book tours the UNIX application interface, guiding readers through operating system utilities. The second edition of this book also includes additional coverage of UNIX software development tools. This book is designed for operating system programmers who want to familiarize themselves with the UNIX environment. Knowledge of OS concepts is needed for this book, but no prior knowledge or experience of UNIX itself is required.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. viii
A "Quick Start" into the UNIX Operating System	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
The Structure of a UNIX Command	p. 2
Logging On and Logging Off	p. 4
File Maintenance Commands and Help on UNIX Command Usage	p. 11
Utility Commands	p. 26
Command Aliases	p. 31
Summary	p. 34
Problems	p. 34
Overview of Operating Systems	p. 37
Introduction	p. 38
What Is an Operating System?	p. 38
Operating System Services	p. 39
Character versus Graphical User Interfaces	p. 40
Types of Operating Systems	p. 40
The UNIX Family	p. 41
Summary	p. 42
Problems	p. 42
Brief History of the UNIX Operating System	p. 45
Introduction	p. 46
The Development of the UNIX Operating System	p. 46
Variations in UNIX Systems	p. 49
Web Resources	p. 49
Summary	p. 50
Problems	p. 50
Getting Started	p. 53
Introduction	p. 54
Computer System Software	p. 54
UNIX Software Architecture	p. 57
Logging On and Logging Off	p. 60
Correcting Mistakes	p. 63
Some Important System Setups	p. 64
Summary	p. 66
Problems	p. 67
UNIX Shells	p. 69
Introduction	p. 70
Various UNIX Shells	p. 71
Shell Metacharacters	p. 75
Summary	p. 77
Problems	p. 78
Editing Text Files	p. 81
Introduction	p. 82
How to Do Short and Simple Edits by Using the pico Editor	p. 83
Obtaining More Control by Using the vi Editor	p. 89
Getting Maximum Control Using the emacs Editor	p. 102
Summary	p. 127
Problems	p. 127
Electronic Mail	p. 131
Introduction	p. 132
How to Use the UNIX mail Command Effectively	p. 135
Graphical E-mail with Kmail	p. 137
pine-Another Full-Screen Display E-mail System	p. 148
Summary	p. 160
Problems	p. 160
Files and File System Structure	p. 163
Introduction	p. 164
The UNIX File Concept	p. 164
Types of Files	p. 164
File System Structure	p. 167
Navigating the File Structure	p. 172
File Representation and Storage in UNIX	p. 181
Standard Files and File Descriptors	p. 183
End of File (eof) Marker	p. 184
Summary	p. 185
Problems	p. 185
File Security	p. 187
Introduction	p. 188
Password-Based Protection	p. 188
Encryption-Based Protection	p. 189
Protection Based on Access Permission	p. 190
Determining and Changing File Access Privileges	p. 193
Special Access Bits	p. 201
Summary	p. 205
Problems	p. 206
Basic File Processing	p. 209
Introduction	p. 210
Viewing Contents of Text Files	p. 210
Copying, Moving, and Removing Files	p. 219
Appending to Files	p. 228
Combining Files	p. 230
Comparing Files	p. 231
Removing Repeated Lines	p. 235
Printing Files and Controlling Print Jobs	p. 236
Summary	p. 243
Problems	p. 244
Advanced File Processing	p. 247
Introduction	p. 248
Regular Expressions	p. 248
Compressing Files	p. 250
Sorting Files	p. 258
Searching for Commands and Files	p. 261
Searching Files	p. 264
Cutting and Pasting	p. 269
Encoding and Decoding	p. 273
File Encryption and Decryption	p. 275
Summary	p. 279
Problems	p. 280
File Sharing	p. 283
Introduction	p. 284
Duplicate Shared Files	p. 284
Common Login for Members of a Team	p. 284
Setting Appropriate Access Permissions on Shared File	p. 285
Common Group for Members of a Team	p. 285
File Sharing via Links	p. 285
Summary	p. 299
Problems	p. 300
Redirection and Piping	p. 303
Introduction	p. 304
Standard Files	p. 304
Input Redirection	p. 305
Output Redirection	p. 306
Combining Input and Output Redirection	p. 307
I/O Redirection with File Descriptors	p. 308
Redirecting Standard Error	p. 309
Redirecting stdout and stderr in One Command	p. 310
Redirecting stdin, stdout, and stderr in One Command	p. 312
Redirecting without Overwriting File Contents (Appending)	p. 314
UNIX Pipes	p. 315
Redirection and Piping Combined	p. 319
Error and Redirection in the C Shell	p. 321
Recap of I/O and Error Redirection	p. 324
FIFOS	p. 326
Summary	p. 329
Problems	p. 329
Processes	p. 333
Introduction	p. 334
Running Multiple Processes Simultaneously	p. 334
UNIX Process States	p. 335
Execution of shell Commands	p. 337
Process Attributes	p. 340
Process and Job Control	p. 345
Process Hierarchy in UNIX	p. 359
Summary	p. 361
Problems	p. 362
Networking and Internetworking	p. 365
Introduction	p. 366
Computer Networks and Internetworks	p. 366
The Reasons for Computer Networks and Internetworks	p. 367
Network Models	p. 368
The TCP/IP Protocol Suite	p. 369
Internet Services and Protocols	p. 381
The Client-Server Software Model	p. 382
Application Software	p. 383
Important Internet Organizations	p. 415
Web Resources	p. 416
Summary	p. 417
Problems	p. 418
Introductory Bourne Shell Programming	p. 421
Introduction	p. 422
Running a Bourne Shell Script	p. 422
Shell Variables and Related Commands	p. 423
Passing Arguments to Shell Scripts	p. 435
Comments and Program Headers	p. 439
Program Control Flow Commands	p. 441
Summary	p. 460
Problems	p. 461
Advanced Bourne Shell Programming	p. 463
Introduction	p. 464
Numeric Data Processing	p. 464
The Here Document	p. 470
Interrupt (Signal) Processing	p. 473
The exec Command and File I/O	p. 477
Functions in the Bourne Shell	p. 487
Debugging Shell Programs	p. 491
Summary	p. 492
Problems	p. 493
Introductory C Shell Programming	p. 495
Introduction	p. 496
Running a C Shell Script	p. 496
Shell Variables and Related Commands	p. 496
Passing Arguments to Shell Scripts	p. 508
Comments and Program Headers	p. 512
Program Control Flow Commands	p. 513
Summary	p. 529
Problems	p. 530
Advanced C Shell Programming	p. 533
Introduction	p. 534
Numeric Data Processing	p. 534
Array Processing	p. 536
The Here Document	p. 541
Interrupt (Signal) Processing	p. 543
Debugging Shell Programs	p. 547
Summary	p. 549
Problems	p. 549
File System Backup	p. 551
Introduction	p. 552
Archiving and Restoring Files via tar	p. 552
Software Distribution in the tar Format	p. 561
Summary	p. 562
Problems	p. 562
UNIX Tools for Software Development	p. 565
Introduction	p. 566
Computer Programming Languages	p. 566
The Compilation Process	p. 568
The Software Engineering Life Cycle	p. 570
Program Generation Tools	p. 570
Static Analysis Tools	p. 632
Dynamic Analysis Tools	p. 638
Web Resources	p. 654
Summary	p. 657
Problems	p. 658
UNIX GUI Basics	p. 661
Introduction	p. 662
Basics of Xfree86	p. 662
The KDE Desktop Manager	p. 680
The Mac OS X Aqua GUI	p. 699
Web Resources	p. 720
Summary	p. 721
Problems	p. 722
Command Dictionary	p. 725
Glossary	p. 825
Index	p. 843
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