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Guide to UNIX Using Linux, Third Edition

by: Palmer,Michael

Guide to UNIX Using Linux, Third Edition

by: Palmer,Michael

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9780619215620
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0619215623
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/07/2004
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

Hands-on, practical guide that teaches the fundamentals of the UNIX operating system concepts, architecture and administration using Linux.

Preface

The Essence of UNIX and Linux

(50)

Understanding Operating Systems

(2)

PC Operating Systems

(1)

Mainframe Operating Systems

(1)

Network Operating Systems

(1)

Introducing the UNIX and Linux Operating Systems

(4)

A Brief History of UNIX

(1)

UNIX Concepts

(1)

Linux and UNIX

(1)

Introducing UNIX/Linux Shells

(1)

Choosing Your Shell

(1)

Switching from Shell to Shell

(1)

Choosing User Names and Passwords

(2)

Connecting to UNIX/Linux Using Telnet or SSH

(2)

Logging In to UNIX/Linux

(1)

Using Commands

(10)

The date Command

(1)

The cal Command

(1)

The who Command

(1)

The clear Command

(1)

The man Program

(2)

The whatis Command

(1)

Command-line Editing

(1)

Multiple Command Entries

(1)

The Command-line History

(1)

Logging Out of UNIX/Linux

(1)

Understanding the Role of the UNIX/Linux System Administrator

(1)

The System Administrator's Command Line

(1)

The Ordinary User's Command Line

(1)

Changing Passwords

(1)

Viewing Files Using the cat, more, less, head, and tail Commands

(1)

Redirecting Output

(1)

Chapter Summary

(2)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 1 Commands

(1)

Key Terms

(2)

Review Questions

(4)

Hands-on Projects

(14)

Discovery Exercises

(3)

Exploring the UNIX/Linux File Systems and File Security

(54)

Understanding UNIX/Linux File Systems

(4)

Understanding the Standard Tree Structure

(1)

Using UNIX/Linux Partitions

(5)

Setting Up Hard Disk Partitions

(3)

Using Inodes

(1)

Exploring the Root Hierarchy

(6)

The /bin Directory

(1)

The /boot Directory

(1)

The /dev Directory

(3)

The /etc Directory

(1)

The /home Directory

(1)

The /lib Directory

(1)

The /mnt Directory

(1)

The /proc Directory

(1)

The /root Directory

(1)

The /sbin Directory

(1)

The /tmp Directory

(1)

The /usr Directory

(1)

The /var Directory

(1)

Using the mount Command

(2)

Using Paths, Pathnames, and Prompts

(2)

Using and Configuring Your Command-line Prompt

(2)

The pwd Command

(1)

Navigating the File System

(6)

Using Dot and Dot Dot Addressing Techniques

(1)

Listing Directory Contents

(3)

Using Wildcards

(1)

Creating and Removing Directories

(1)

Copying and Deleting Files

(1)

Configuring File Permissions for Security

(5)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 2 Commands

(1)

Key Terms

(2)

Review Questions

(5)

Hands-on Projects

(11)

Discovery Exercises

103

(2)

Mastering Editors

105

(46)

Understanding UNIX/Linux Files

106

(2)

ASCII Text Files

106

(1)

Binary Files

107

(1)

Executable Program Files

108

(1)

Using Editors

108

(1)

Using the vi Editor

109

(8)

Creating a New File in the vi Editor

109

(1)

Inserting Text

110

(1)

Repeating a Change

111

(1)

Moving the Cursor

111

(1)

Deleting Text

112

(1)

Undoing a Command

112

(1)

Searching for a Pattern

112

(1)

Searching and Replacing

113

(1)

Saving a File and Exiting vi

113

(1)

Adding Text from Another File

114

(1)

Leaving vi Temporarily

114

(1)

Changing Your Display While Editing

115

(1)

Copying or Cutting and Pasting

116

(1)

Printing Text Files

116

(1)

Canceling an Editing Session

116

(1)

Getting Help in vi

117

(1)

Using the Emacs Editor

117

(4)

Creating a New File in Emacs

118

(2)

Navigating in Emacs

120

(1)

Deleting Information

120

(1)

Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Text

121

(1)

Searching in Emacs

121

(1)

Reformatting a File

121

(1)

Chapter Summary

121

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 3 Commands

122

(1)

Key Terms

123

(1)

Review Questions

124

(6)

Hands-on Projects

130

(17)

Discovery Exercises

147

(4)

UNIX/Linux File Processing

151

(54)

UNIX and Linux File Processing

152

(2)

Reviewing UNIX/Linux File Types

152

(1)

Understanding File Structures

152

(2)

Processing Files

154

(1)

Using Input and Error Redirection

155

(1)

Manipulating Files

155

(10)

Creating Files

156

(1)

Deleting Files

157

(1)

Removing Directories

157

(1)

Copying Files

158

(2)

Moving Files

160

(1)

Finding Files

160

(1)

Combining Files

161

(1)

Combining Files with the paste Command

161

(2)

Extracting Fields Using the cut Command

163

(1)

Sorting Files

164

(1)

Creating Script Files

165

(1)

Using the join Command on Two Files

166

(3)

A Brief Introduction to the Awk Program

169

(2)

Chapter Summary

171

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 4 Commands

172

(1)

Key Terms

173

(1)

Review Questions

174

(4)

Hands-on Projects

178

(25)

Discovery Exercises

203

(2)

Advanced File Processing

205

(54)

Advancing Your File-Processing Skills

206

(1)

Using the Selection Commands

207

(7)

Using the Pipe Operator

207

(1)

Using the grep Command

208

(1)

Using the uniq Command

209

(2)

Using the comm Command

211

(1)

Using the diff Command

212

(1)

Using the wc Command

213

(1)

Using Manipulation and Transformation Commands

214

(2)

Introducing the sed Command

214

(1)

Translating Characters Using the tr Command

215

(1)

Using the pr Command to Format Your Output

216

(1)

Designing a New File-Processing Application

216

(9)

Designing Records

217

(1)

Linking Files with Keys

218

(2)

Creating the Programmer and Project Files

220

(1)

Formatting Output

220

(3)

Using a Shell Script to Implement the Application

223

(1)

Running a Shell Script

224

(1)

Putting It All Together to Produce the Report

224

(1)

Chapter Summary

225

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 5 Commands

226

(1)

Key Terms

227

(1)

Review Questions

227

(5)

Hands-on Projects

232

(24)

Discovery Exercises

256

(3)

Introduction to Shell Script Programming

259

(66)

Previewing the Application

260

(1)

The Program Development Cycle

261

(5)

Using High-Level Languages

261

(2)

Using UNIX/Linux Shell Scripts

263

(2)

Prototyping an Application

265

(1)

Using Comments

265

(1)

The Programming Shell

266

(1)

Variables

267

(5)

Environment and Configuration Variables

267

(4)

Shell Variables

271

(1)

Shell Operators

272

(4)

Defining Operators

273

(1)

Evaluating Operators

273

(1)

Arithmetic Operators

274

(2)

Redirection Operators

276

(2)

Exporting Shell Variables to the Environment

277

(1)

Modifying the PATH Variable

277

(1)

More About Wildcard Characters

278

(1)

Shell Logic Structures

279

(6)

Sequential Logic

279

(1)

Decision Logic

280

(2)

Looping Logic

282

(2)

The While Loop

284

(1)

Case Logic

285

(1)

Using Shell Scripting to Create a Menu

285

(1)

Debugging a Shell Script

286

(1)

Customizing Your Personal Environment

287

(2)

The trap Command

289

(1)

Putting it All Together in an Application

290

(1)

Chapter Summary

290

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 6 Commands

291

(1)

Key Terms

292

(2)

Review Questions

294

(5)

Hands-on Projects

299

(23)

Discovery Exercises

322

(3)

Advanced Shell Programming

325

(56)

Understanding Program Design and Analysis

326

(3)

Flowcharting

326

(3)

Writing Pseudocode

329

(1)

Ensuring the Correct Shell Runs the Script

329

(2)

Setting the Default Shell

331

(1)

Using Bash Login and Logout Scripts

331

(2)

Setting Defaults for Using the vi Editor

333

(1)

Using the test Command

333

(5)

Performing Relational Integer Tests with the test Command

335

(1)

Performing String Tests with the test Command

336

(1)

Testing Files with the test Command

336

(1)

Performing Boolean Tests with the test Command

337

(1)

Formatting Record Output

338

(1)

Deleting Phone Records

339

(1)

Clearing the Screen

339

(2)

Creating an Algorithm to Place the Cursor

341

(1)

Protecting Against Entering Duplicate Data

342

(1)

Using Shell Functions

343

(3)

Defining a Function from the Command Line

344

(1)

Creating Functions Inside Shell Scripts

345

(1)

Chapter Summary

346

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 7 Commands

347

(1)

Key Terms

347

(1)

Review Questions

348

(4)

Hands-on Projects

352

(25)

Discovery Exercises

377

(4)

Exploring the UNIX/Linux Utilities

381

(44)

Understanding UNIX/Linux Utilities

382

(1)

Classifying UNIX/Linux Utilities

382

(5)

Using the dd Command

387

(1)

Making a Bootable Removable Disk

388

(2)

Checking Hard Disk Usage

390

(3)

Using the df Utility

390

(1)

Using the du Utility

391

(1)

Removing Garbage Files

392

(1)

Using System Status Utilities

393

(3)

Using the top Command

393

(1)

Using the uptime Command

394

(1)

Using the free Command

395

(1)

Forwarding top and free Output

395

(1)

Managing Processes

396

(3)

Running Processes in the Background

396

(1)

Monitoring Processes

397

(1)

Killing Processes

398

(1)

Checking the Spelling of a Document

399

(1)

Comparing Files

400

(1)

Formatting Text in UNIX/Linux

400

(2)

Chapter Summary

402

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 8 Commands

403

(1)

Key Terms

404

(1)

Review Questions

404

(4)

Hands-on Projects

408

(14)

Discovery Exercises

422

(3)

Perl and CGI Programming

425

(46)

Introduction to Perl

426

(5)

Identifying Data Types

431

(4)

Variables and Constants

431

(1)

Scalars

431

(1)

Numbers

432

(1)

Strings

432

(1)

Arrays

433

(1)

Hashes

434

(1)

Perl Versus the Awk Program

435

(3)

How Perl Accesses Disk Files

438

(3)

Using Perl to Sort

441

(5)

Using Perl to Sort Alphanumeric Fields

441

(1)

Using Perl to Sort Numeric Fields

442

(4)

Setting Up a Web Page

446

(1)

Creating a Simple Web Page

447

(2)

CGI Overview

449

(1)

Chapter Summary

450

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 9 Commands

451

(1)

Key Terms

451

(1)

Review Questions

452

(4)

Hands-on Projects

456

(13)

Discovery Exercises

469

(2)

Developing UNIX/Linux Applications in C and C++

471

(58)

Introducing C Programming

472

(22)

Creating a C Program

473

(2)

C Keywords

475

(1)

The C Library

475

(1)

Program Format

475

(1)

Including Comments

476

(1)

Using the Preprocessor #include Directive

476

(1)

Specifying Data Types

477

(1)

Character Constants

478

(1)

Using Strings

479

(1)

Including Identifiers

479

(1)

Declaring Variables

480

(1)

Understanding the Scope of Variables

480

(1)

Using Math Operators

481

(1)

Generating Formatted Output with printf()

482

(2)

Using the C Complier

484

(1)

Using the if Statement

484

(1)

Using C Loops

485

(1)

Defining Functions

486

(1)

Using Function Arguments

487

(1)

Using Function Return Values

488

(1)

Working with Files in C

489

(1)

Using the make Utility to Maintain Program Source Files

490

(4)

Debugging Your Program

494

(1)

Creating a C Program to Accept Input

495

(1)

Introducing C++ Programming

496

(1)

Creating a Simple C++ Program

497

(1)

Creating a C++ Program That Reads a Text File

498

(1)

How C++ Enhances C Functions

499

(1)

Chapter Summary

500

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 10 Commands

501

(1)

Key Terms

501

(2)

Review Questions

503

(5)

Hands-on Projects

508

(18)

Discovery Exercises

526

(3)

The X Window System

529

(40)

What Is the X Window System?

530

(1)

X Window Clients and Servers

531

(1)

Using Window Managers

531

(1)

Using a Desktop

532

(2)

Using GNOME

533

(1)

Using KDE

533

(1)

Starting the X Window System

534

(1)

Configuring Linux to Automatically Start the X Window System

534

(1)

Interacting with the X Window System

535

(6)

Interacting with Windows

536

(2)

More About the Window Menu Button

538

(1)

Interacting with the Panel

539

(1)

Using the GNOME Pager

540

(1)

Using Nautilus

541

(1)

Running an Application

542

(1)

Configuring the Desktop

543

(2)

Changing the Background

543

(1)

Changing the Screensaver

543

(1)

Configuring the Panel

544

(1)

Adding a Menu to the Panel

544

(1)

Adding a New Panel

545

(1)

Shutting Down from the GNOME Desktop

545

(1)

Chapter Summary

545

(1)

Command Summary: Review of Chapter 11 Commands

546

(1)

Key Terms

546

(1)

Review Questions

547

(5)

Hands-on Projects

552

(14)

Discovery Exercises

566

(3)

APPENDIX A How to Access a UNIX/Linux Operating System

569

(10)

Accessing UNIX/Linux Computers from an Attached Terminal

570

(1)

Using Telnet

570

(1)

Using SSH

571

(1)

Accessing a UNIX/Linux System from a Microsoft Windows Computer

571

(2)

Configuring the Telnet Service

572

(1)

Enabling Firewall Security

572

(1)

Starting a Telnet Session

573

(1)

Using a UNIX/Linux Computer to Provide Access or to Access Another Computer

573

(3)

Where Is My Telnet or SSH Client Program?

574

(1)

Enabling Telnet and SSH

574

(2)

Connecting via Telnet or SSH

576

(1)

Using Mac OS X and SSH to Access a Remote computer

576

(3)

Enabling Remote Login as a Service and Through the Firewall

577

(1)

Using SSH via a Terminal Window

577

(2)

APPENDIX B Syntax Guide to UNIX/Linux Commands

579

(16)

APPENDIX C How to Install Fedora and Apache Web Server

595

(8)

What Is Fedora?

596

(1)

How to Install Fedora

596

(4)

Preparing for Installation

597

(1)

Installing Fedora

598

(2)

Installing Apache Web Server

600

(3)

APPENDIX D UNIX/Linux Variants

603

(6)

PopularVersions of UNIX/Linux

604

(4)

UNIX/Linux Command Differences

606

(1)

UNIX/Linux Hardware Platforms

607

(1)

Choosing a UNIX/Linux Variant

608

(1)

APPENDIX E UNIX/Linux Security: Network and Internet Connectivity

609

(8)

Security Hardening

610

(7)

Implementing Physical System Security

610

(1)

Defining and Publishing the Security Policy

610

(1)

Ensuring Password Security

611

(1)

Managing Unnecessary Services

612

(1)

Viewing Log Files on a Regular Basis

613

(1)

Keeping Up with Security Fixes and Patches

614

(1)

Monitoring Your System Automatically

614

(1)

Securing Your Folders and Files

615

(2)

Glossary

617

(12)

Index

629

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