Using Unix Mac OS X

Short Description
In this tutorial, we will get to. know some simple UNIX commands, etc., using the Mac OS X UNIX. UNIX Help. There are thousands of on-line UNIX …

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Content
Objective: Learn some basic aspects of the UNIX operating system and how to use it.
What is UNIX? UNIX is the operating system used by most computers that do not use
Windows. Most very large computers, and most specialized computers used by scientists use
UNIX. Most scientific applications that do not use the Windows operating system use UNIX.
UNIX comes in many varieties, most of which have a lot in common. Macintosh computers, for
instance, use UNIX (a version of BSD UNIX). Silicon Graphics computers use IRIX, lots of PC
users use LINUX, etc. Fortunately, these varieties are very similar, and most of what you need
to learn to be able to use any of these is common to them all. Some knowledge of UNIX and
related subject matter is not only useful to scientists but obligatory. In this tutorial, we will get to
know some simple UNIX commands, etc., using the Mac OS X UNIX.
UNIX Help There are thousands of on-line UNIX help/tutorial sites, and hundreds of UNIX
books for you to purchase (or check out of the library!). The University of Georgia Enterprise
Information Technology Services (EITS) has a nice online UNIX…