Need to learn UNIX

[HAMMER]

Hey there everybody!

I have set out on a mission which is to learn Unix as quickly and most efficiently as possible. I would just like to get a complete understanding of how to get around, where to find what I need, and how to manipulate Unix.

I used to run Linux servers way back in the day, but I have forgotten everything I ever learned.

Can anybody recommend some methods to getting this done?

I understand Unix is not THAT hard to learn once you really jump into it.

[HAMMER]

Another very helpful tip would be to tell me where I might buy/find Unix to work with.

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Hey Hammer!
I can't help you........But I did want to say HI! HI HAMMER! :wave:

Nice seeing you here.

[HAMMER]

Thanks bud...I'm slowly getting back into the groove of "fun life" again. I've even been spotted on the SSSE servers now and then...or so they tell me :)

[SALvation]

Too bad we all left SS. Pick up Quake 3 and remember what its like to be prey.

As for Unix, I have no idea. :D

[::: DARK PSI :::]

I swear you died.. who are you again? :P


We talked already in AIM.. you know my ideas about UNIX.

[::: DARK PSI :::]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS Terminathare@Jul 17 2003, 10:16 AM
Hiya Hammer! :wave:

There are some great sites on the internet about the subject...good luck :thumbs:


{EDITTED}
TERM.. don't post that crap here. You know better.

[JIMINATOR]

get one of the oreilly pocket books, unix in a nutshell or something like that.
if you have a spare computer, install linux on it and mess around with it
redhat is popular, i prefer mandrake, imo it is better configured
anyway the shell should be pretty much the same.

[OUTLAWS Tip]

I don't know crap about linux but here are some links I just saw from PC World Mag:

Link (http://www.linux.org/docs/beginner/install.html)

Link2 (http://www.tldp.org/)

Link3 (http://linuxquestions.org/)

:cool:

[Death Engineer]

He said UNIX folks, not Linux. I was forced to learn the basics last semester when 3 (yes, count them, 3) professors insisted that we could only turn in projects using unix scripts (crazy CS people).

The thing that helped me the most was learning how to use the man (manual) pages. For example, if you wanted to know what the 'lpq' command was, you could just type 'man lpq'. This will give you WAY too much info, but what you need will probably be in the first paragraph.

Also, here's a link (http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/unix/unix_cmd.html) to a site that our prof. used to help us get up to speed. Hope some of that helps.

DE

PS. Welcome back. :thumbs:

[JIMINATOR]

:hmmm: ummm, linux is based on unix (+ a lot more)
you get a nice x-windows front end, but that is unix also
the shells are the same, the shell commands are the same, etc.
saying to learn unix doesn't really mean anything, there
are going to implementation specific details that he will have to
pick up. everything else will prolly be common to linux.

[chaotic42]

Any specific kind? BSD, Linux, AIX, HPUX?

The basics should all be the same, but there will be some things, especially kernel type issues, which will be very different.