Category Unix

Unix standard I/O

Standard I/O: All the I/O routines centered around file descriptors. When a file is opened, a file descriptor is returned, and that descriptor is then used for all subsequent I/O operations. With the standard I/O library, the discussion centers around…

Unix Files

Unix File Structure: File: The file is a container for storing information. As a first approximation, we can treat it simply as a sequence of characters. If you name a file foo and write three characters a, b and c…

WORKING WITH BOURNE SHELL

Introduction:                         Why shell programming? A working knowledge of shell scripting is essential to everyone wishing to become reasonably adept at system administration, even if they do not anticipate ever having to actually write a script. When a Linux machine…

Basics of Unix

Unix PROGRAMMING Introduction to Unix: Unix  is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson,  Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna. The Unix operating system was first developed in assembly language, but by 1973 had…

Unix Shell Commands

Introduction The purpose of this document is to provide the reader with a fast and simple introduction to using  the Linux command shell and some of its basic utilities. It is assumed that the reader has zero or very limited…

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