Introduction, vi, mail

• Introduction
  • History
    • BSD: Berkeley System Distribution
    • XENIX
    • AT&
  • History (continued)
  • The UNIX Operating System
    • Multi-tasking, Time Sharing
    • Multi-user
    • Network Capabilities
    • Portability
    • Flexibility
    • Software Available
    • Virtual Memory
    • Case Sensitivity
  • UNIX Philosophy
  • Exercises
• File System
  • File and Directory Names
    • Length
    • Conventions
  • Structure of Directories, Files
  • Permissions/File Access Modes
    • chmod: Change Mode (Permissions)
  • Exercises
• Tour of the File system
  • /: Root
  • /bin and /usr/bin: Commands
  • /dev: Devices
  • /etc and /usr/etc: Management
  • Home Directories
  • /lib and /usr/lib: Libraries
  • /tmp and /usr/tmp: Temporary Directories
  • /usr: Directories
    • /usr/adm: Administration
    • /usr/demo(s): Demonstration
    • /usr/lib/dict: Dictionary
    • /usr/include: Include Files
    • /usr/local: Local Programs
    • /usr/man: Manuals
    • /usr/catman: Formatted Manuals
    • /usr/mail: System Mailboxes
    • /usr/spool: Spooling Areas
  • Exercises
• Shells I
  • Input/Output Redirection
    • <: Input Redirection
    • >, >>: Standard Output
    • 2>, >&: Standard Diagnostic Output
  • |: Pipes
  • Pipes and Redirections
  • &: Background Processing
  • Metacharacters (Wildcards)
    • : Any Character(s)
    • [,]: List of Characters
    • : Any Single Character
    • {,}: Alternatives (except Korn Shell)
    • : Escape
  • Exercises
• Basic Security
  • File Permissions
  • Passwords
  • Root Password
  • Exercises
• Commands I
  • A Command is a File
  • Syntax
  • Login Related Commands
    • Logging On
    • Changing Password
    • Logging Out
  • Help
    • man: Manual Pages
    • Manuals on CDs
  • File system Commands: Directories
    • cd: Change Directory
    • mkdir: Make Directory
    • rmdir: Remove Directory
    • pwd: Print Working Directory
    • cp: Copy
    • mv: Move
  • File system Commands: Files
    • ls: Listing
    • cp: Copy
    • mv: Move
    • touch: Update
    • rm: Remove
    • cat: Concatenate
    • more: Browser
    • head: Header
    • tail: Tail End
    • wc: Word Count
    • diff: Difference
    • file: Type of File
  • Printer Commands
    • lpr/lp: Line Printer
    • lpq/lpstat: Line Printer Queue, Statistics
    • lprm: Line Printer Remove
  • User Related Commands
    • who: Who is On
    • who am i, whoami: Who Am I
  • Other Miscellaneous Commands
    • date: Display Date
    • clear: Clear the Screen
  • Exercises
• Editors
  • ``ed" Editor
    • Accessing ed
    • Moving Within a File
    • Finding a Pattern
    • ``s" Substitute
    • ``c" Change Line
    • ``a" Append Text
    • ``i" Input Text
    • ``." Current Line
    • ``p" Print Line(s)
    • ``d" Delete
    • ``w" Write
    • ``q" Quit
  • ``vi" Visual Editor - Introduction
    • Invoking vi
    • vi, command and input modes
    • ``vi" visual Editor - vi mode
    • Moving the Cursor
    • ``^ f" Forward One Screen
    • ``^ b" Backwards One Screen
    • ``G" End of File
    • ``x, d" Delete Character
    • ``dd" Delete Line
    • ``p" Put Buffer
    • ``u" Undo
    • ``." (dot) Repeat
    • ``vi" visual Editor - command mode
    • ``:q" Quit
    • ``:w" Write
    • ``:r" Read
    • ``:num" Line Number
    • ``/string/" Finding a Pattern
    • :set all
    • ``vi" visual Editor - input mode
    • ``i" Insert Mode
    • ``a" Append to Character Mode
    • ``A" Append to Line Mode
    • ``r" Replace Character
    • ``R" Replace Characters
    • ``cw" Change Word
  • Other Editors
    • GNU Emacs
    • textedit
    • xedit
    • jot
    • vuepad
  • Exercises
• Electronic Mail
  • Mail interfaces at NRC
    • mail: System V based
    • Mail/mail: BSD based
    • elm/mail: public domain mail interface
  • Internet node: Machine Naming Convention
  • Sending Mail using (BSD) mail
    • ~ r filename: Read Filename
    • ~ v: Invoking the Visual Editor
  • Reading Mail with the BSD mail Interface
    • n: Next
    • p: Print
    • num: Print message num
    • s: Save
    • Sending a file to a printer
    • h: Header
    • d: Delete
    • r: Reply
    • s: Forward
    • ~ m: Incorporating current message
    • q: Quit
  • Configuring the BSD mail interface
  • BSD mail folders
    • Creating a Folder
    • Reading from a Folder
    • .record, a special folder
  • elm: Electronic mail system.
  • Sending mail with elm
    • Standalone mode
    • Within the Interface
    • Batch mode
  • Reading mail with elm
    • n: Next
    • s: Save
    • p: Printing to a printer
    • d: Delete current message
    • r: Reply to sender
    • f: Forward
    • q: Quit
  • Configuring elm
  • elm mail folders
    • Creating a Folder
    • Reading from a Folder
  • Signature Files
  • MIME: Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
  • vacation Program
  • Exercises