Greetings - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

übernewbie · #1 07-22-2003

Hello. I've never used UNIX before in my life. All I've ever had was winblowz. Suffice it to say I hate it.

I'm very interested in learning UNIX. Everyone says it's alot more reliable and much more secure than winblowz or even the Mac. hear UNIX is alot like MS-DOS. I liked DOS, but with every new winblowz version DOS has had several commands taken from it (DELTREE is no longer a recognized command in xp, as in DELTREE /y C:\*.*).

Being the UNIX n00b that I am, can some of you £33Ŧ X-pertz give me a few pointers? Like, what commands do I input? Some screenshots would be lovely.

Thank you and have a good day

davidg · #2 07-22-2003

Gute morgen Newbie,

Let's start with a course

Hhhm, are they all the same.

No, there a so many different types of unix. You have many Linux distributions known from it's Intel versions and of course Mac and many other platforms. Official Unix versions are
Sun Solaris
HP Unix
SCO Unix
AIX Unix (IBM)
etc. etc.

Now to give you a screendump won't tell you anything, there are different desktop managers, each with their own name, CDE and KDE (Common Desktop Environment) might be the most known one. It's hard to give you a couple of commands as well. Most of all you better buy a distribution (Mandrake Linux (for intel) is a good start), you receive the books and cd for about 60 Euros. This explains installation, unix commands, etc.

Just to not completely disapoint you :

dir --> ls -l
dir /w --> ls
copy --> cp <file1> <file2>
deltree --> rm -r /path/to/delete/dir
edit --> /usr/bin/vi
ps -ef # Shows you the current process list
top # shows this list in refresh mode

kill <pid> # stops processes from working

But above all there is one command you may never forget !!!

man

if you do not know what to do with it :

man man

@yourservice
David

norsk hedensk · #3 07-22-2003

these forums are probably the most useful resource i have encountered on the net for unix and related help. all members are valuable as we can all learn from each other. each new member should read through the rules of this site and make sure that they understand them completely:
Simple rules of the UNIX.COM forums:

übernewbie · #4 07-22-2003

Hey thanks! I don't know when I'll be getting my first UNIX box, but as soon as I do, I'll be sure to come here first!

-l
cp übernewbie THE UNIX FORUMS
rm -r /otherforums/user/bin/registrees/übernewbie
ps -ef #
übernewbie | davidg | norsk hedensk
kill 221-35F244-4412DDA-00101011 #
&print : "OH MY GOD THEY KILLED KENNY!!"

dave_kimberley · #5 07-25-2003

This is a really handy crib sheet, it outlines loads of useful commands for the main five variants of Unix.

Enjoy.

http://unixguide.net/unixguide.shtml

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