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    CS 497C Introduction to UNIX

    Lecture 1: Getting Started


    Chin-Chih Chang
    [email protected]

    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 22:11:17 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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