Fifth Edition.
Bell Labs created the Unix operating system in the early 1970s exclusively for mainframe programmers. Now, an enthusiastic audience is learning this versatile multi-user operating system on a variety of dialects, including Linux and Mac OS X, so they can manage files, create Web sites, write their own programs and much more.
This book is the most effective introduction to Unix in print. The fifth edition covers Internet usage for email, file transfers and Web browsing. It is perfect for those who are just starting with Unix or Linux, as well as anyone who encounters a Unix system on the Internet.
Complete with a quick reference card to pull out and keep handy, this is an ideal primer for Mac and PC users of the Internet who need to know a little bit about Unix on the systems they visit.