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Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther
By Brian Jepson, Dave Taylor
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: December 2003
ISBN	: 0-596-00617-9
Pages	: 184

		Copyright
		Preface
			Audience
			Who This Book Is Not For
			A Brief History
			Versions of Unix
			Interfaces to Unix
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Using Code Examples
			Comments and Questions
			The Evolution of This Book
			Acknowledgments for Dave Taylor
			Acknowledgments for Brian Jepson
		Chapter 1.  Getting Into Unix
			Section 1.1.  Why Use Unix?
			Section 1.2.  Launching Terminal
			Section 1.3.  Customizing Your Shell Environment
			Section 1.4.  Further Customization
		Chapter 2.  Using the Terminal
			Section 2.1.  Working with the Terminal
			Section 2.2.  Syntax of a Unix Command Line
			Section 2.3.  Types of Commands
			Section 2.4.  The Unresponsive Terminal
		Chapter 3.  Using Unix
			Section 3.1.  The Mac OS X Filesystem
			Section 3.2.  Protecting and Sharing Files
			Section 3.3.  Superuser Privileges with sudo
			Section 3.4.  Exploring External Volumes
		Chapter 4.  File Management
			Section 4.1.  File and Directory Names
			Section 4.2.  File and Directory Wildcards
			Section 4.3.  Creating and Editing Files
			Section 4.4.  A Simpler vi Alternative: Pico
			Section 4.5.  Managing Files
		Chapter 5.  Printing
			Section 5.1.  Formatting and Print Commands
			Section 5.2.  Non-PostScript Printers
		Chapter 6.  Redirecting I/O
			Section 6.1.  Standard Input and Standard Output
			Section 6.2.  Pipes and Filters
		Chapter 7.  Multitasking
			Section 7.1.  Running a Command in the Background
			Section 7.2.  Checking on a Process
			Section 7.3.  Canceling a Process
		Chapter 8.  Accessing the Internet
			Section 8.1.  Remote Logins
			Section 8.2.  Transferring Files
		Chapter 9.  Of Windows and Downloads
			Section 9.1.  X11
			Section 9.2.  Fink
			Section 9.3.  Some Picks
		Chapter 10.  Where to Go from Here
			Section 10.1.  Documentation
			Section 10.2.  Shell Aliases and Functions
			Section 10.3.  Programming
			Section 10.4.  More Possibilities: Perl and Python
		Colophon
		Index