Introducing Unix and Linux

by Mike Joy

DESCRIPTION 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. CONTENTS Preface The Computing Environment UNIX and Linux Design and Organisation Installing Linux Getting Started Files Processes and Devices Introduction to Shells More on Shells Advanced Shell Programming Regular Expressions and Filters Awk Perl Maintaining your Linux OS Other Issues Answers to Problems Appendices Index. ABOUT THE AUTHORS 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).

Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Mike Joy is a New Zealand freshwater ecologist and science communicator. He is currently employed at Victoria University of Wellington.

Dr Joy is publicly outspoken about the decline in freshwater quality and ecosystems, especially the impact of nutrient pollution from intensive dairying on New Zealand's "100% Pure", clean, green image. This has led to awards from scientific organisations, as well as criticism from the dairy industry and former Prime Minister John Key.

Joy left school at 17. He worked various jobs including dairying, labouring, truck and taxi driving, building and sheep farming as well as for the NZ Secret Service, before enrolling at Massey University in 1993 at the age of 33.

His Master's thesis, entitled Freshwater Fish Community Structure in Taranaki: dams, diadromy or habitat quality? was completed in 1999 and received first class honours. This led to his PhD thesis, The development of predictive models to enhance biological assessment of riverine systems in New Zealand, submitted in 2003 and supervised by freshwater ecologist Russell Death, Robert McDowall and Brian Springett.

He was a Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Science at Massey University in Palmerston North until May 2018. From 2018 to May 2023, when the university disestablished his position, he was employed at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. In June 2023 it was announced he would take up a five year fellowship as the Morgan Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Freshwater Ecology at Victoria, funded by the Morgan Foundation.[

He regularly gives talks around the country to environmental, farming, community and school groups.

Abridged from Wikipedia, with extra info from The Post

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.