Ta ble ofContents Preface vii 1. Getting Star ted 1 Working in the Unix Environment . 1 Syntax of Unix Command Lines 11 Types of Commands . 14 The Unresponsive Ter minal . 14 2. Using Window Systems . 17 Intr oduction to Windowing 18 Starting X . 19 Running Programs 21 Working with a Mouse . 26 Working with Windows 29 Other Window Manager Features 35 Unr esponsive Windows . 37 Other X Window Programs 39 Quitting . 40 3. Using Your Unix Account 42 The Unix Filesystem . 42 Looking Inside Files with less 54 Pr otecting and Sharing Files 56 Graphical Filesystem Browsers 61 v 7 January 2002 13:15 vi TableofContents Completing File and Directory Names 62 Changing Your Password . 62 Customizing Your Account 63 4. File Management . 66 File and Directory Names 66 File and Directory Wildcards . 67 Cr eating and Editing Files 69 Managing Your Files . 74 Printing Files . 81 5. Redirecting I/O . 87 Standard Input and Standard Output 87 Pipes and Filters . 92 6. Using the Internet and Other Networks . 97 Remote Logins 97 Windows from Other Computers 100 Lynx, a Text-based Web Browser 101 Transferring Files 104 Electr onic Mail 108 Usenet News . 118 Interactive Chat . 123 7. Multitasking . 130 Running a Command in the Background . 131 Checking on a Process . 132 Cancelling a Process . 134 8. Where to Go from Here 136 Documentation . 136 Shell Aliases and Functions . 139 Pr ogramming 139 Using Unix on Non-Unix Systems . 140 Glossar y 143 Index 149 7 January 2002 13:15 . 61 v 7 January 2002 13:15 vi Table of Contents Completing File and Directory Names . . 1 Syntax of Unix Command Lines 11 Types of Commands .