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UNIX Complete is a one-of-a-kind computer book -- valuable both for its broad content and its low price. This book contains the essentials you need to know about using the popular operating system of universities and research centers, as well as at many Fortune 500 companies. Enormously powerful, UNIX is also complex enough to require that users first read a tutorial and then keep a reference handy for specialized commands.

With UNIX Complete, you'll learn how to get the most out of UNIX System V -- from building file systems to connecting to remote computers and the Internet, and using mainstream programs.

As you become more proficient with UNIX, you'll find the UNIX System V Desk Reference to be an invaluable daily tool. This comprehensive reference quickly puts every command, option, and concept at your fingertips.

UNIX Complete introduces you to the work of some of Sybex's finest authors, so you'll know where to go to learn even more about what's possible with UNIX.

Inside:

Getting Started
* Gaining access to the Internet
* Learning the SCO Unix GUI
* Using simple commands

File Systems
Understanding directories, trees, and hierarchies
Creating your own files
Establishing home rule and permissions
Setting up electronic mail

Your Own Personalized Unix
Changing your password
Choosing your shell
Creating login profiles

Exploiting the Shell
Shell and Subshell Variables
More on Metacharacters
Advanced Shell Scripts

Reaching Out to Remote Computers
UUCP & UUCP security
Unix and Networking: Reaching the Promised LAN
Accessing the Internet

Basic System Administration
Essential administration
Backing Up

X Windows Exposed
X Windows Managers: Open Look and Motif Using X
X Marks the Spot: The Future of X

Windows Inside Windows -- Opening the Door to Mainstream Applications
Unix Applications... Get 'em Now!
Vision and Merge

Reference Guide
The Complete UNIX Desk Reference: an A-Z listing of UNIX commands and concepts

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UNIX Complete is a one-of-a-kind computer book -- valuable both for its broad content and its low price. This book contains the essentials you need to know about using the popular operating system of universities and research centers, as well as at many Fortune 500 companies. Enormously powerful, UNIX is also complex enough to require that users first read a tutorial and then keep a reference handy for specialized commands.

With UNIX Complete, you'll learn how to get the most out of UNIX System V -- from building file systems to connecting to remote computers and the Internet, and using mainstream programs.

As you become more proficient with UNIX, you'll find the UNIX System V Desk Reference to be an invaluable daily tool. This comprehensive reference quickly puts every command, option, and concept at your fingertips.

UNIX Complete introduces you to the work of some of Sybex's finest authors, so you'll know where to go to learn even more about what's possible with UNIX.

Inside:

Getting Started

Gaining access to the Internet
Learning the SCO Unix GUI
Using simple commands

File Systems
Understanding directories, trees, and hierarchies
Creating your own files
Establishing home rule and permissions
Setting up electronic mail

Your Own Personalized Unix
Changing your password
Choosing your shell
Creating login profiles

Exploiting the Shell
Shell and Subshell Variables
More on Metacharacters
Advanced Shell Scripts

Reaching Out to Remote Computers
UUCP & UUCP security
Unix and Networking: Reaching the Promised LAN
Accessing the Internet

Basic System Administration
Essential administration
Backing Up

X Windows Exposed
X Windows Managers: Open Look and Motif Using X
X Marks the Spot: The Future of X

Windows Inside Windows -- Opening the Door to Mainstream Applications
Unix Applications... Get 'em Now!
Vision and Merge

Reference Guide
The Complete UNIX Desk Reference: an A-Z listing of UNIX commands and concepts

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Product Details

Paperback: 1032 pages
Publisher: Sybex; 1st edition (June 11, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 078212528X
ISBN-13: 978-0782125283
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6 x 2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #907,092 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Open Look, Free Software Foundation, Microsoft Windows, Sun Microsystems, Command Action, Open Desktop, World Wide Web, Tue Apr, Command Summary, Gas Receipts, Mon Nov, Brian Kernighan, Summer Price List, Brown Dogs, Carnegie Mellon University, Joseph Lussac, Stan Kelly-Bootle, University of California, Berkeley Software Distribution, Bill Joy, Enter Prompts, Mon Apr, Network Information Service, Open Software Foundation, Return Goes

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Programming Language (Swedish) by Ritchie Kernighan on page 301, and page 702
Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) by Brian W. Kernighan on page 315
Sun Microsystems by Vault Reports on page 782
The Unix System (International Computer Science Series) by Stephen R. Bourne on page 871
Mastering Microsoft Internet Information Server by Peter Dyson in Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Tutorial & Reference, January 29, 2000

By	James D'Angelo "Live for--and in--the moment" (Camp Hill, PA USA) - See all my reviews

I needed this book to get up to speed for a course that used UNIX. I now have a good enough knowledge of the system to do simple scripts and a referece at my fingertips.

Everything is explained clearly and quickly.

It's the smartest $20 you can spend ona UNIX book!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book as a 1st, January 6, 2000

By	II-AQUOS-II (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This is the the first unix book I bought. I love it a lot. It teaches you the fundamentals of how to use the operating system. With a desktop reference of commands, utilites, and terms you will refer to this book for years. You are getting a robust amount of information of unix for your dollar.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensible book for Linux novices, May 2, 2000

By	Patrick Baldwin (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This is the first computer book ever to make me cheerful reading it. The book proceeds slowly and carefully through the essentials of Unix. No flummery, no witchcraft.

Everyone with a MS-DOS background who is starting out into Linux , as I am, should start with this book.

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