Introducing UNIX and Linux

MIKE JOY is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Warwick University. He has taught UNIX for the past 10 years and his previous publications include Beginning Unix (ITP, 1995).STEPHEN JARVIS is a Lecturer in Computer Science at Warwick University. He previously worked as a Lecturer at Oxford University and has taught modules in programming at both universities. His previous publications include Concurrent Systems (McGraw Hill, 1995).MICHAEL LUCK is a Lecturer in Computer Science at Southampton University. He has taught introductory programming since 1993 and his previous publications include Understanding Agent Systems (Springer, 2001).

• PrefaceThe Computing EnvironmentUNIX and Linux Design and OrganisationInstalling LinuxGetting StartedFilesProcesses and DevicesIntroduction to ShellsMore on ShellsAdvanced Shell ProgrammingRegular Expressions and FiltersAwkPerlMaintaining your Linux OSOther IssuesAnswers to ProblemsAppendicesIndex.