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Essential Unix

8. Links

The first port of call for more information on Unix, is the Unix help pages from BUCS. These contain the following links to further resources:

There are several good textbooks which we can recommend for new UNIX users: "Using UNIX by Example" is ideal for first-time UNIX users who prefer a tutorial-type guide to UNIX. "The UNIX Programming Environment" is a comprehensive introduction to UNIX for people already reasonably computer-literate. "The UNIX System V Environment" is a more advanced text, for those who already know their way around UNIX and require a good reference work

[1] Using UNIX by Example
Poole and Poole (Addison-Wesley, 1986)

[2] The UNIX Programming Environment
Kernighan B W and Pike R (Prentice-Hall, 1984)

[3] UNIX System V Environment
Bourne S R (Addison-Wesley)

[4] Introduction to the Line Editor, ed and the Screen Editor, vi
Bath Document U/B4.1

[5] The Emacs Editing Environment
Bath Document U/B4.3

[6] Introduction to File Access Control
Bath Document U/B1.1

[7] Electronic Mail: An introduction to send and msg
Bath Document U/B2.1

[8] Getting Started with the Pine E-Mail System
Bath Document U/B2.4

I found the following online tutorials by doing a Google search for “unix tutorial”:

UNIX Tutorial for Beginners

Introduction to the UNIX operating system. Eight simple tutorials which cover the basics of UNIX.
www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/

UNIXhelp for users

Helpful information for users of the UNIX operating system, developed at the University of Edinburgh from work funded by the ITTI. ...
unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/

Norman Matloff's Unix and Linux Tutorial Center

Tutorials for the Unix and Linux operating systems.
heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/unix.html