Here is the list of Unix reference information available:
- Help on learning more Unix. This gives you
suggestions for how to look up Unix commands, find online
Unix books, and link to support sites and information about
paper Unix books.
- Commands
lists popular beginner's commands.
- Books lists a selection of paper books
and CDs about Unix.
- A Minimal vi Editor Reference:
a small reference set of commands that you can use
with the vi editor.
- A Minimal mail Reference:
a small reference set of commands that you can use
with the Unix mail program.
- Symbols:
In composing a Unix command at the shell prompt,
you might make use of one or more of these
special symbols.
- chmod:
reference for setting file permissions
- History:
you might get tired of typing the same commands over
and over. Use the history command options to quickly
re-run commands you've already typed in.
- Manual section numbers:
you can get documentation
on Unix commands by using
the Unix man command followed by a command
name. On the command manual page, you'll see
the command name followed by a cryptic
number in partenthesis.
This table explains those numbers.
- Flavors:
Names that sound like Unix are under
protection of various registered trademarks
by various companies. This is a list that
I could come up with, with links to companies.
Useful for checking out different flavors of Unix
and Unix-like systems.
- Shells:
The shell is the part of
Unix that takes your
commands and does stuff.
There are different kinds of shells available;
This is my collection of Unix shells.