Learning Unix for Mac OS X

Dave Taylor, Jerry Peek, Brian Jepson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

140 Seiten

2003 | 2nd Revised edition
O'Reilly Media (Verlag)
978-0-596-00470-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This compact book offers a user-friendly tour of your Mac's Unix base. As you explore Terminal and familiarize yourself with the command line, you'll also learn about the hundreds of Unix programs that come with your Mac and begin to understand the power and flexibility of Unix. Updated to cover Jaguar (Mac OS X, 10.2), this book should keep you current with the latest features of your Mac. The book begins with a quick but in-depth introduction to Terminal and the command line interface. After learning about launching and configuring the Terminal application, you'll find out how to manage, create, edit, and transfer files. You'll find all the common commands simply explained with accompanying examples, exercises, and opportunities for experimentation. There are even problem checklists to help you along the way if you get stuck. It shows how to: customize your shell environment; manage files and directories; successfully print from the Unix command line; edit and create files with the vi editor; perform remote logins; access Internet functions; understand pipes and filters; use background processing; and use Fink, an easy way to install open source Unix software on Mac OS X.

Autor

Dave Taylor is a popular writer, teacher and speaker of business and technology issues. The founder of The Internet Mall and iTrack.com, he's been involved with UNIX and the Internet since 1980, having created the popular Elm Mail System. He's also been a Mac fan since the year it was released. Once a Research Scientist at HP Laboratories and Senior Reviews Editor of SunWorld magazine, Taylor has contributed software to the official 4.4 release of Berkeley Unix (BSD). His programs are found in all versions of Linux and other popular Unix variants. Brian Jepson maintains a keen focus on the sparks that fly where two cutting edges meet. He has published print and online articles that examine the intersection of Open Source and Windows (particularly .NET). Mac OS X is one such intersection, combining a solid Unix core with the pioneering Apple user interface. Brian's prior experience developing applications in Unix and Linux give him an appreciation of the target audience's point of view. His thorough explorations of NeXTSTEP and Mac OS X -- conducted over the last few years -- kept him oriented as he developed this book. Brian is also an O'Reilly editor and co-author of Mac OS X for Unix Geeks.

Inhalt

Preface 1. Getting Started Working in the Unix Environment Syntax of Unix Command Lines Types of Commands The Unresponsive Terminal 2. Using Unix The Mac OS X Filesystem Protecting and Sharing Files Superuser Privileges with sudo Graphical Filesystem Browsers 3. File Management File and Directory Names File and Directory Wildcards Creating and Editing Files Managing Your Files 4. Customizing Your Session Launching Terminal Customizing Your Shell Environment Further Customization 5. Printing Formatting and Print Commands Non-PostScript Printers 6. Redirecting I/O Standard Input and Standard Output Pipes and Filters 7. Accessing the Internet Remote Logins Transferring Files 8. Unix-Based Internet Tools Fink Lynx, a Text-Based Web Browser Electronic Mail with Pine Usenet News Interactive Chat 9. Multitasking Running a Command in the Background Checking on a Process Canceling a Process 10. Where to Go from Here Documentation Shell Aliases and Functions Programming Glossary Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.1.2003
• Zusatzinfo: illustrations, glossary, index
• Verlagsort: Sebastopol
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 153 x 228 mm
• Gewicht: 232 g
• Einbandart: kartoniert
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server ► Macintosh / Mac OS X
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server ► Unix / Linux
• ISBN-10: 0-596-00470-2 / 0596004702
• ISBN-13: 978-0-596-00470-5 / 9780596004705
• Zustand: Neuware