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Preface
1. Why Use Unix?
The Power of Unix
Thousands of Free Applications
Power Internet Connections
A Simple Guided (Unix) Tour
The 10 Most Common Unix Commands
2. Using the Terminal
Launching the Terminal
Customizing Your Terminal Session
Working with the Terminal
Customizing the Shell Environment
Advanced Shell Customization
The Unresponsive Terminal
3. Exploring the Filesystem
The Mac OS X Filesystem
Listing Files and Directories
Protecting and Sharing Files
Changing Your Password
Superuser Privileges with sudo
Exploring External Volumes
4. File Management
File and Directory Names
File and Directory Wildcards
Looking Inside Files
grep
Creating and Editing Files
Managing Files
5. Finding Files and Information
The Oddly Named grep Command
Finding Files with locate
Using Find to Explore Your Filesystem
Shining a Light on Spotlight
6. Redirecting I/O
Standard Input and Standard Output
Pipes and Filters
Printing
7. Multitasking
Running a Command in the Background
Checking on a Process
Canceling a Process
Launching GUI Applications
8. Taking Unix Online
Remote Logins
Transferring Files
Practice
9. Of Windows and X11
X11
X11 and the Internet
10. Open Source Software Via Fink
Installing Fink
Using FinkCommander
Some Picks
11. Where to Go from Here
Documentation
Customizing your Unix Experience
Index