Guide to Unix

This is the Guide to Unix Computing, or for short, Guide to Unix. It describes Unix and Unix-like systems for users and system administrators. It includes guide to Unix commands.

Brief contents

• Introduction
• Why Unix-like

Explanations of topics

• Command Line
• Common Programs
• Administration
• Storage
• Networking
• Electronic Mail
• Security
• Beyond This Book

Quick reference

• Commands - commands listed conveniently in categories
• Environment Variables - USER, EDITOR, PATH...
• Files - configuration and device files of /etc/ and /dev

Varieties

• Variants
• Linux - the basic traits of Linux systems
• BSD - the basic traits of *BSD systems

Appendices

• Index
• Links

Other Wikibooks

• A Neutral Look at Operating Systems
• UNIX Computing Security
• Unix utilities: Bourne Shell Scripting, Learning the vi Editor
• The windows managers: Guide to X11, Using GNOME, Using KDE
• Programming: C, C++, Serial Programming/Serial Linux