Sams Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours

If you're in need of a tutorial to learn UNIX from the ground up, this is it. Sams Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition will let you experience UNIX through hands-on tutorials divided into 24 one-hour lessons so that you can learn the most common UNIX tasks at your own pace. The author will guide you through the basics of maintaining and manipulating a UNIX/Linux operating system. This hands-on approach will allow you to work through the exercises and grasp common UNIX/Linux concepts, including:

• Using the Command Line
• Listing Files and Managing Disk Usage
• Slicing and Dicing Command Pipe
• Shell Programming
• Printing in the UNIX Environment
• Using telnet, ssh, and ftp
• Perl Programming in UNIX

This beginners' guide introduces the basic commands for working in the Unix operating system and explains the organization of the Unix file system. The 24 lessons cover full-screen editing tools for Unix, the Bourne Again shell (bash), job control, shell programming, printing, archives and backups, email, remote systems, searching for files, Perl programming, and GNOME. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Dave Taylor is the founder of Growing Ventures, Inc., a consultancy that matches professional service providers with startups. He the creator of The Internet Mall and iTrack.com, and helps startups with strategies and tactics. Dave is also the creator of the Elm mail system for Unix; he contributed to the development of BSD 4.4, and has published various books, including the third edition of Sams Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours.