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Introduction to UNIX

This course will introduce students to the UNIX computing environment at Dartmouth. Topics will include: UNIX history and philosophy, requesting UNIX accounts, logging in to UNIX, basic operating system concepts and file structure, basic commands, text editor(s), printing, mail, and online help. The goals of this course are to enable students to:

  • Log in to their UNIX account from any type of computer.
  • Use the basic UNIX commands to create files and directories.
  • Edit and print files.
  • Understand the UNIX tools philosophy.
  • Get online help.

Anyone who is interested in UNIX or needs to use UNIX for their work should take this course.

Last Updated: 2/7/07