UNIX Operating System

Media reviews "Once you've established a connection with the network, there's often a secondary obstacle to surmount.... Learning the UNIX Operating System helps you figure out what to do next by presenting in a nutshell the basics of how to deal with the 'U-word.' Obviously a 92-page book isn't going to make you an instant UNIX guru, but it does an excellent job of introducing basic operations in a concise nontechnical way, including how to navigate through the file system, send and receive E-mail and--most importantly--get to the online help. The fast information is invaluable when you wand to do something simply and either don't know how to, can't remember how to, or--thanks to UNIX's penchant for commands that look like random characters from the alphabet--can't figure out which command to use." --Michael L. Porter, Associate Editor, Personal Engineering & Instrumentation News, December 1993 

"If you have someone on your site who has never worked on a UNIX system and who needs a quick how-to, Nutshell has the right booklet. Learning the UNIX Operating System by Grace Todino and John Strang can get a newcomer rolling in a single session. It covers logging in and out; files and directories; mail; pipes; filters, backgrounding; and a large number of other topics. It's clear, cheap, and can render a newcomer productive in a few hours." --;login, May/June 1989 

"Whether you are setting up your first UNIX system or adding your fiftieth user, [this book] can ease you through learning the fundamentals of the UNIX system." --Michael J. O'Brien, ABA/Unix/group Newsletter