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Author:   Peter P. Silvester
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2nd ed. 1988
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9780387964898

ISBN 10:   0387964894
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   28 March 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- A Multimachine Operating System.- Past and Future.- Getting Acquainted with Unix.- 2. Getting Started.- Communicating with the System.- Running the System.- Writing and Running Programs.- 3. Files in the Unix System.- The Unix System File Structure.- Working with the File Structure.- Removable File Volumes.- 4. Unix Command Shells.- Issuing Commands.- Input Handling by the Shell.- The Shell Programming Language.- Running the Unix Shells.- 5. The System Kernel.- Nature of the Kernel.- Process Coordination and Management.- Input and Output Operations.- 6. Facilities and Utilities.- Communications.- File Management.- Other General Utilities.- 7. Editing with vi and ed.- Text Editors.- Using the vi Text Editor.- Local Commands.- Range Commands.- Global Commands in vi.- Using ex Commands from vi.- Customizing vi.- The ed Line Editor.- 8. Text Preparation and Processing.- Tools and Facilities.- The nroff Text Formatter.- Using nroff to Advantage.- Other Text Formatting Programs.- Spelling and Typographic Errors.- style and diction.- 9. Languages and Compilers.- Programming Languages Available.- Fortran 77.- Ratfor: A Rational Fortran.- The C Language.- Compiling, Assembling, and Loading.- Berkeley Pascal.- Basic.- Assembler Language Programming.- 10. A Selected Command Set.- Definitions of Commands.- A Selection of Commands.- Summary of Common Commands.- 11. An Annotated Bibliography.- Books.- Appendix. The ASCII Character Set.- Character Names.- Command Index.

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