UCI Unix User Guide

This is the on-line version of UCI's Unix User Guide. You may wish to start with the "Introduction", which has some general information on this document.

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Contents:

• Introduction
• Getting Started
  • Logging In
  • Typing Commands
  • Mistakes in Typing
  • Strange Terminal Behavior
  • Read-ahead
  • Stopping a Program
  • Logging Out
  • Password Maintenance
  • On-line Manual
  • Files
    • File Protection
    • Changing Permissions
    • Viewing Files
  • Subdirectories
  • Using the Shell
    • Start-up
    • Filename Completion
    • History Substitution
    • Aliases
    • Using Files Instead of the Terminal
    • Pipes
    • Environment Variables
    • Filenames
    • Job Control
    • Useful Commands
• The vi Editor
  • Introduction
  • Entering and exiting the vi editor
  • Modes of Operation
  • Insert Mode
  • Command Mode
    • Cursor Positioning
    • Deletion
    • Changing Text
    • The Undo Command
    • The Status Command
    • The . Command
    • Searching for a String
    • Issuing ex Commands
    • String Substitution
  • The Use of Buffers
    • The Yank Command
    • The Put Command
  • Reading and Writing Files
    • The Read Command
    • The Write Command
• Editing with GNU Emacs
  • What is Emacs?
  • GNU Emacs key notation
  • Running GNU Emacs
  • Exiting GNU Emacs
  • How it fits together
  • Getting help
  • Minibuffer input
  • Getting out of trouble
  • Basic editing
    • Moving the Cursor
    • Deleting Text
  • Working with files
  • Working with buffers and windows
  • For more information
• Mail: Using MH
  • The Basics
  • Reading Mail
  • Selecting Messages
  • Sending Messages
  • Replying to Messages
  • Forwarding Messages
  • Removing Messages
  • Advanced Topics
    • Folders
    • Searching for Messages
    • The MH Profile
    • Mail Address Aliases
    • Blind Lists
• Usenet/Net News
• Using The X Window System
  • Definitions
  • Starting X
  • Using X
    • Scrolling
    • Menus
    • Cut and Paste
  • Exiting X Windows
  • Tailoring X Windows
• Other Information You May Need
  • Printers
    • The Line Printer
  • Network Commands
    • Granting Access -- The .rhosts file
    • Remote Logins
    • Finding out about the network
    • Copying files over the network -- the rcp command
  • Transferring files to and from PC's
    • Kermit
    • XMODEM
  • Text Processing using LaTeX and TeX
  • Usage Guidelines
• Where To Get More Help
  • The man Command
  • Manuals and Other Aids
  • Unix Consulting
• Common Mistakes and Pitfalls
  • General Problems
  • Strange prompts
  • There are stopped jobs.
  • Not login shell.
  • emacs: Terminal type "..." is not powerful enough to run Emacs.
  • Draft ".../Mail/draft" exists (527 bytes).
  • Segmentation fault (core dumped) or Bus error (core dumped)

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