Introducing UNIX and Linux

by Mike Joy, Stephen Jarvis, Michael Luck

An introductory, tutorial style text covering the basics of UNIX and Linux for the complete beginner, this is a comprehensive and well written introduction to these operating systems. It assumes no prior knowledge of programming nor any experience of using computers. UNIX and Linux are two of the most commonly used operating systems within the educational and corporate worlds and are growing in popularity. This book covers all the basic constructs and commands of UNIX and follows the 1993 POSIX.2 International Standard.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good introduction to the Linux OS, recommend to anyone breaking into the world of Linux. Briefly covers the history, how the file system is organised, how the OS works, simple commands, shell scripts and more. Well worth a read for beginners.

[Maraim Elbadri · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a very good introduction to being able to use this operation system. The provided examples help so much to make use command in reality.