UNIXhelp for Users • JoePearce.com Home Page

Anytime you need to get to the my local mirror of the Unix Help home page, click the image of the letter U located at the bottom of any page. Then if you wish to get to my home page, simply choose the JoePearce.com Home Page link. This will get you back to the top level of the site. This is a mirror of the Unix Help site. The only alteration is the addition of this note to help with navigation. One other thing I should note is that the searchable index is not located at this site, but is located at the Unix Help site in England. In order to return here you will need to reenter the URL for JoePearce.com in your location bar.

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Helpful information for users of the UNIX operating system, developed at the University of Edinburgh from work funded by the ITTI. Please read this disclaimer.

UNIXhelp is mirrored around the world and freely available for local installation. This is Version 1.3.

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[ Manual Index | Searchable Index | Glossary of Terms ]

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Tasks

• Getting started
• Working with files and directories
• Managing your working environment
• Controlling access to your files and directories
• Sending and receiving electronic mail
• Editing text files
• Managing jobs and processes
• Writing shell scripts

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Commands

• Using UNIX commands
• Looking-up commands in the on-line manual
• Alphabetical list of the most popular commands
• UNIX commands for VMS users
• UNIX commands for DOS users

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Concepts

• What is an operating system?
• The UNIX file system
• Understanding commands and processes
• The shell

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Utilities

• Program development tools
• Text editors
• File manipulation utilities
• File transfer utilities
• UNIX shells

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