Tricks of the UNIX® Masters

Written by a professional for professionals, Tricks of the UNIX Masters offers a comprehensive look at the UNIX operating system and its unique environment. With it, you'll go beyond the introductory and intermediate levels to the master's level, learning tools, tricks, and tips ordinarily gained only through years of experience and exploration.

• Explaining, in easy-to-understand language, how UNIX works, including programs, filing systems, communications, and security
• Focusing on task management, personal security, and other UNIX uses
• Covering UNIX communications: micro to UNIX and UNIX to non-UNIX
• Revealing useful tricks, such as powerful one- and two-line commands
• Discussing shell programming and debugging

With a few exceptions, all scripts in this book were tested under AT&T System V and XENIX^® using the Bourne shell.

• Introduction
  • What You Should Already Know
  • Which UNIX?
  • Chapter Overview

1. The UNIX Environment
   • Introduction
   • The "Environment Spectrum"
   • Your Home on the System
   • Theories of Relativity Inside UNIX
   • The Overall System Environment
2. File Accessability
   • Introduction
   • Combining Powerful Ideas
3. File Maintenance
   • Introduction
   • File Housekeeping
4. Documentation Management
   • Introduction
   • Documentation Management
5. Personal Management I: Time and Office Management
   • Introduction
   • Time Management
   • Office Management
6. Personal Management II: User Awareness and Security
   • Introduction
   • User Awareness
   • Personal Security
7. Devices and File Systems
   • Introduction
   • The Body of UNIX
   • Terminal Devices
   • Disk Devices
8. UNIX Communications
   • Introduction
   • Physical Connectivity
   • Connecting with DCEs
   • Micro or Terminal to UNIX
   • UNIX to UNIX
9. Administration and Security
   • Introduction
   • A Few Observations from Someone Who Has Been There
   • Administrative Duties
   • Typical Security Problems
10. Miscellaneous Tricks
    • Introduction
    • Conversion Tricks
    • Shell Tricks
    • Shell Programming Bugs/Features
    • Vi Tricks
    • Command "One-Liners" — Tiny But Powerful

1.  Environmental Variables
2. Shell Interpretation Sequence
3. Shell Variable Special Characters
4. Shell Statement Special Characters
5. Shell Built-In Statements

Yet another introduction to UNIX, without anything unique. Avoid it.