Unix 102: Fun With Unix

This is the second in a series of seminars that cover the use of the Unix Operating System. Unix is used in a variety of applications, both in academia and industry. We will provide you with hands-on experience with the Math Faculty's Unix environment in this tutorial.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Interacting with Bourne and C shells
• Editing text with the vi text editor
• Editing text with the Emacs display editor
• Multi-tasking and the screen multiplexer

If you do not have a Math computer account, don't panic; one will be lent to you for the duration of this class