Sams Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours Series) - Softcover

Sams Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours, Second Edition is designed to take users from novice to accomplished user in just 24 one-hour sessions. Written by experts in the field, Sams Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours, Second Edition starts off with an introduction to UNIX, then covers file handling, pipes and filters, the vi and EMACS text editors, shells, job control, printing, and connecting to remote computers via the Internet. The book also discusses UNIX programming and includes a handy glossary of terms. This edition of the will have updated coverage of newly available Web browsers, mail and news tools, as well as more focused coverage of the topics readers of the first edition asked about the most.

Dave Taylor is president and Chief Technology Officer of The Internet Mall, In. (www.internetmall.com), the largest online shopping site in the world. He has been involved with UNIX and the Internet since 1980, having created the popular Elm Mail System. Dave has a weekly intranet column in "InfoWorld" and a Web/CGI programming column in "LOGIN." He has also contributed software to the 4.4 release of Berkeley UNIX, and his programs are found in all versions of UNIX. James C. Armstrong, Jr., is the director of engineering at The Internet Mall, Inc. James has nearly 15 years of professional experience with UNIX software products and has worked for Bell Labs, Sun and Tandem computers. He is also an 18-year veteran of the Internet and its predecessors.