Welcome to UNIXhelp for Users

• Glossary of Terms
  
  

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• Tasks
  • 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
  • UNIX commands for VMS 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
  • Text editors
  • File manipulation utilties
  • UNIX shells

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This version of UnixHELP has been modified. Certain sections have been omitted because they aren't relevant to the D0 environment. Some remaining sections may not be appropriate for our environment.