...FORTRAN
The first high-level computer language, specially designed for mathematical operations.
...system
British airways still use IBM360s for their booking system.
...to
``He'' should be read as ``he or she'' throughout the book.
...this
The / indicates the top level or root directory as the 1#1 does in DOS.
...ls
LiSt
...cd
Change Directory
...pwd
Path of Working Directory
...CTRL-C
This means: hold the CTRL key down while typing the c key.
...mkdir
MaKe DIRectory
...rmdir
ReMove DIRectory
...rm
ReMove
...directory)
We tell the computer that our input has ended by typing CTRL-D. This is the standard way of telling UNIX our input has ended.
...mv
MoVe
...cp
CoPy
...ln
LiNk
...output
This will only work with the bash shell, but not with the csh shell.
...chmod
CHange MODe
...newgrp
NEW GRoup
...chgrp
CHange GRouP
...grep
Gnu Regular ExPression search
...redirection
Remember redirection uses the '<' and '>' symbols to indicate the direction of data flowing to and from the file.
...fg
ForeGround
...bg
BackGround
...lpq
Line Printer Queue
...lprm
Line Printer ReMove
...lpc
Line Printer Control
...bash
csh uses nearly the same commands except that the ' =' is replaced by a space.
...source
This works for bash and csh. In addition bash also accepts '.'.
...implementations
Suns are often only supplied with olwm or olvwm
...use
Some modern telnet programs can work this out themselves though. Try checking the display as above.
...up.
Also note that at and crontab work slightly different on different systems.
...HH:MM
DEC's UNIX also allows you to specify now instead of a time.

Mark O. Stitson
Wed Sep 25 10:45:32 BST 1996