This book is both an exhaustive reference and an outstanding guide for the beginner. Real-world examples make new concepts easy to grasp while the practice exercises take comprehension to a new level by forcing the user to think. An unparalleled reference apparatus, this is a book that users will reach for now and for years to come. PART I Chapter 1 Getting Started Chapter 2 The Unix Architecture and Command Usage Chapter 3 General Purpose utilities Chapter 4 The File System Chapter 5 Handling Ordinary Files Chapter 6 Basic File Attributes Chapter 7 The vi Editor Chapter 8 The Shell Chapter 9 The Process Chapter 10 Customizing The Environment Chapter 11 More File Attributes Chapter 12 Simple Filters Chapter 13 Filter Using Regular Expressions-grep And sed Chapter 14 Essential Shell Programming Chapter 15 Essential System Administration PART II Chapter 16 The X Window System Chapter 17 Networking Tools Chapter 18 Awk-An Advanced Filte Chapter 19 Per1-The Master Manipulator Chapter 20 Advanced vi Chapter 21 Advanced Shell Programming Chapter 22 Program Development Tools Chapter 23 Systems Programming I- Files Chapter 24 Systems Programming II-Process Control Chapter 25 Advanced System Administration Appendixes Index