Part 1. Introduction to the Linux System
Prev
Next
Part 1. Introduction to the Linux System
Table of Contents
1. Basic UNIX
®
System Concepts
1. Users and Groups
2. File Basics
3. Processes
4. A Short Introduction to the Command Line
4.1. cd: Change Directory
4.2. Some Environment Variables and the echo Command
4.3. cat: Print the Contents of One or More Files to the Screen
4.4. less: a Pager
4.5. ls: Listing Files
4.6. Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
2. Disks and Partitions
1. Structure of a Hard Disk
1.1. Sectors
1.2. Partitions
1.3. Defining the Structure of Your Disk
2. Conventions for Naming Disks and Partitions
3. File-Tree Organization
1. Shareable/unshareable, Static/Variable Data
2. The root Directory: /
3. /usr: The Big One
4. /var: Data Modifiable During Use
5. /etc: Configuration Files
4. The Linux File System
1. Comparing a Few File Systems
1.1. Different Usable File Systems
1.2. Differences Between File Systems
1.3. And Performance Wise?
2. Everything is a File
2.1. The Different File Types
2.2. Inodes
3. Links
4. “
Anonymous
” Pipes and Named Pipes
5. Special Files: Character Mode and Block Mode Files
6. Symbolic Links, Limitation of “
Hard
” Links
7. File Attributes
5. The /proc File System
1. Information About Processes
2. Information on the Hardware
3. Display and change kernel parameters