UNIX Tutorial for Beginners

A beginners guide to the Unix and Linux operating system by M.Stonebank. (surrey.ac.uk)

This Tutorial applies to: All
This Tutorial is intended for: Beginner

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1. UNIX Introduction UNIX is an operating system which was first developed in the 1960s, and has been under constant development ever since. By operating system, we mean the suite of programs which make the computer work. It is a stable, multi-user, multi-tasking system for servers, desktops and laptops.
2. UNIX Tutorial One How to use the basic Linux shell commands to accomplish simple tasks.
3. UNIX Tutorial Two More complex Unix shell commands.
4. UNIX Tutorial Four The use of pattern matching (wildcards), filename conventions and built in help systems.
5. UNIX Tutorial Five Filesystem access rights and permissions and general process handling.
6. UNIX Tutorial Six Other useful UNIX commands
7. UNIX Tutorial Seven We have many public domain and commercial software packages installed on our systems, which are available to all users. However, students are allowed to download and install small software packages in their own home directory, software usually only useful to them personally.
8. UNIX Tutorial Eight Variables are a way of passing information from the shell to programs when you run them. Programs look "in the environment" for particular variables and if they are found will use the values stored. Some are set by the system, others by you, yet others by the shell, or any program that loads another program.