Documentation - Operating Systems
Unix Documentation
Unix Tutorials
For general, thorough tutorials on using the Unix command line and some of it's most popular and powerful programs, try reading these:
- Getting Your Feet Wet - a brief introduction to Unix with references to a number of other resources
- Backing Up Your Account in Unix - a brief introduction to backing up your account
- Unix Tutorial - general, multi-part tutorial on the Unix command line and Unix operating system
- Pine Tutorial - using and troubleshooting pine, the most popular Unix email client
Unix How-To Articles
These articles provide instructions on using some of Unix's most useful command line programs.
- Using Pico - a quick, functional orientation to pico, a simple and intuitive command line text editor.
- Using Emacs - cheatsheet of commands for emacs,a full-featured Unix text editor
- Using Lynx - browsing the web with lynx, a popular text-onlyweb browser
- Using Vi - editing documents with vi, a simple Unix text editor
- SFTP - Transferring Files on the NSIT Server Cluster
Harper
NSIT runs harper, a multi-user interactive use server. From harper, you can access email, read newsgroups, create and print documents, transfer files, surf the web, and many other tasks, all from the powerful Unix command line (and it's associated programs). For a complete listing of harper related articles, look at our harper index.
- Logging Into Harper - logging into harper
- Backing up Files on Harper - utilizing tar and gzip to back up your files on harper
- Dealing with Your Harper Quota - getting back under your harper quota if you go over it
Last updated: 7/15/08