Introduction to UNIX
on the
University of Maine
Department of Computer Science
UNIX Cluster

Geoff Davis

11 June 1991
Last Revised 17 February 1995

• Contents
• Getting Started
  • Logging In
  • Changing Your Password
• Help! I've fallen and I can't get up
• Basic Directory Commands
  • Your Home Directory
  • Listing a Directory's Contents
  • Changing Current Working Directories
  • Creating Directories
  • Removing Directories
  • Searching Directories
  • Archiving Directories and Files
  • Disk Utilization
• Basic File Commands
  • Displaying the Contents of a Text Files
  • Naming Files
  • Copying Files
  • Moving/Renaming Files
  • Removing Files
  • File Protection
  • Compressing Files
• Creating And Editing Files using vi
  • Starting vi (The visual Display Editor)
  • vi modes
  • The Essential vi Commands
  • Using vi
  • vi User Variables
  • vi quirks
• Creating And Editing Files Using EMACS
  • Starting emacs
  • Escape and Control Sequences
  • Character Operations
  • Word Operations
  • Line Operations
  • Screen Operators
  • File Operations
  • Regions
  • Searching
  • Multiple Buffers
• Document Preparation
  • nroff and troff
  • LaTeX
• Checking Your Spelling
• How to Print a file
• The UNIX C Shell Interface
  • C Shell Initialization Files
  • Shell Commands
  • Default File Handles
  • Redirection of Output
  • Using Pipes
  • UNIX Filters and searching
  • Job Control: Background and Foreground Processes
  • C Shell Programming
• X-Windows
  • Starting X-Windows
  • Customizing X-Windows
  • Using the X-Windows Environment
  • Using the Mouse for Block Copying
• Network Commands
  • Who is using the Network?
  • MAIL
    • Berkeley Mailer
    • Other Mailers
  • TALK
  • Remote login
  • Remote Network Access and Transfer
    • File Transfer Program (ftp)
    • Kermit
  • Network News
• Compilers/Interpreters
• IBM RT Notes
• About this document ...