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Introduction to UNIX Basics

This document provides an overview of the CS 497C course Introduction to UNIX. The course objectives are to learn the fundamentals of the UNIX operating system including essential commands. UNIX originated at Bell Labs in 1969 and has evolved with many versions from different companies and individuals. Unlike Windows, UNIX allows multiple users to access the system concurrently through terminals or workstations. The document outlines important concepts like the system administrator, logging in and out, basic keyboard functions, and common commands. It also provides tips for when commands don't work as expected and next steps for the course.

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Introduction to UNIX Basics

This document provides an overview of the CS 497C course Introduction to UNIX. The course objectives are to learn the fundamentals of the UNIX operating system including essential commands. UNIX originated at Bell Labs in 1969 and has evolved with many versions from different companies and individuals. Unlike Windows, UNIX allows multiple users to access the system concurrently through terminals or workstations. The document outlines important concepts like the system administrator, logging in and out, basic keyboard functions, and common commands. It also provides tips for when commands don't work as expected and next steps for the course.

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CS 497C Introduction to UNIX

Lecture 1: Getting Started


Chin-Chih Chang
chang@[Link]

Objective and Preface


This course is to learn the fundamentals
of UNIX. This course introduces the
concept of UNIX operating system and
the essential commands of UNIX .
UNIX was never designed for the world.
There is a method to this madness.
Many Internet applications are powered
by UNIX.

The Operating System


An operating system (sometimes
abbreviated as OS) is a program that
functions as a virtual machine (layer of
software on top of bare hardware) and a
resource manager (software that controls
access to computer).
It interacts with two agencies: applications
and a command language interpreter.
DOS, Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX are
examples of the operating system.

The UNIX Operating System


UNIX (sometimes spelled Unix) is an
operating system that originated at Bell Labs
in 1969. Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
are considered the inventors of UNIX.
UNIX has evolved as a kind of large
freeware product, with many extensions and
new ideas provided in a variety of versions
of UNIX by different companies,
universities, and individuals.

Knowing Your Machine


Unlike Windows, UNIX can be used by
several users concurrently.
You can access to such a multiuser system
through a terminal or a workstation.
A terminal consists of a monitor and a
keyboard.
A workstation has its own CPU, memory,
and hard disk.

Knowing Your Keyboard


Every key on your computer has a function
in UNIX.
Each character has its ASCII value.
[Enter] / [Return] is used to terminate a
line.
[Backspace] corrects typing mistakes.
[Ctrl] is used in combination with other
keys to produce control characters.
[Alt] combinations are used in emacs.

The System Administrator


A system administrator is in charge of
administration of the system.
The system administrator is responsible for:

the entire setup,


user accounts allocation,
file systems maintenance,
backups,
disk space management,
other assignments.

The administrator has a special user


account; it is called root.

Logging In and Out


Logging In
login: remeo [Enter]
password:
Last login: Mon Aug 20 [Link] on tty2
$
The shell produces the prompt and accepts all
your input from the keyboard.
Logging Out
$ [Ctrl-d]
$logout[Enter]
$exit[Enter]
login:

Trying Out Some Commands

passwd: changing your own password


who: who are the users?
who am i
tty: know your terminal name
echo $SHELL: know your shell
echo $TERM: know your terminal type
set: know your envirnoment

Two Important Observations


UNIX commands are in lowercase
The [Enter] key

When Things Go Wrong


Backspacing doesnt work [Ctrl-h], [Del]
A command has to be interrupted [Ctrl-d],
[Ctrl-c] [Delete]
Killing a line [Ctrl-u]
Other Problems
Suspend a job [Ctrl-z], resume a job fg
Stop scrolling [Ctrl-s], resume scrolling - [Ctrlq]
Restore a terminal stty sane
[Enter] [Ctrl-j] or [Ctrl-m]
Close the program - q, quit, exit, or [Ctrl-d]

Whats Next

More commands
How It All Clicked
Linux and GNU
Inside UNIX
Read Chapter 1.

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