Part I. Commands and Shells

Part I presents a summary of Unix commands of interest to users and programmers. It also describes the major Unix shells, including special syntax and built-in commands. It rounds off with an overview of package management software.

Chapter 1, Introduction

Chapter 2, Unix Commands

Chapter 3, The Unix Shell: An Overview

Chapter 4, The Bash and Korn Shells

Chapter 5, tcsh: An Extended C Shell

Chapter 6, Package Management

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