Introduction to Unix

• From the console or an X-terminal.
• From telnet on a pc or mac.
• From telnet or rlogin on another unix machine.
• How do I tell what kind of terminal I'm using?

• Using pine.
• Managing your mail.
• Finding an address for someone to whom you want to send email.

File Manipulation

• Directories. (Where am I?)
• Changing directories.
• Copying files.
• Deleting files.
• Moving or renaming files.
• Listing files.
• Linking files.
• Making a file readable, writable, and executable.

Telnet/FTP

• Computer addresses.
• Telnet (logging in from one computer to another).
• FTP (copying files from one computer to another).

Your Shell

• Intro.
• Shell globbing.
• I/O redirection and piping.
• Personalizing commands.

Getting Help

• Documenation.
• Asking the gurus.

X11 Configuration

• Intro.
• Setting where the windows are displayed.
• Setting window premissions.
• Setting fonts.
• Setting colors.
• Reloading X configuration file.

Software

• Do we have a program that does BLAH?
• How do I figure out how to use it?

Eric J. Dawnkaski, November 6, 1997. ejd@physics.wm.edu