What You Need to Know Before Starting

This book assumes you have already read Learning the Unix Operating System (O’Reilly), or some other introduction to Unix. You should already know how to:

  • Log in and log out

  • Enter Unix commands

  • Change directories

  • List files in a directory

  • Create, copy, and remove files

Familiarity with grep (a global search program) and wildcard characters is also helpful.

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