A beginners guide to the Unix and Linux operating system. Five simple tutorials which cover the basics of UNIX / Linux commands.
Introduction to the UNIX Operating System
- What is UNIX?
- Files
- The Directory Structure
Tutorial One
- Listing files and directories
- Making Directories
- Changing to a different Directory
- The directories . and ..
- Pathnames
- More about home directories and pathnames
Tutorial Two
- Copying Files
- Moving Files
- Removing Files and directories
- Displaying the contents of a file on the screen
- Searching the contents of a file
Tutorial Three
- Redirection
- Redirecting the Output
- Redirecting the Input
- Pipes
Tutorial Four
- Wildcards
- Filename Conventions
- Getting Help
Tutorial Five
- File system security (access rights)
- Changing access rights
- Processes and Jobs
- Listing suspended and background processes
- Killing a process
Note: This is a trimmed-down and modified version of the UNIX Tutorial for Beginners originally developed by Michael Stonebank at the University of Surrey. This version also includes some material developed by Michael Norton.
This tutorial is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
M.Stonebank@surrey.ac.uk, 19 October 2001