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The means we tried the item, liked it, and recommend it. To suggest a URL to include on this page, send e-mail to webmaster@raycosoft.com. General Unix Resources Unix Tutorial (University of Edinburgh) History of Unix (Virginia Tech) Unix Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)   Unix Manual Pages (FreeBSD) - For various versions of Unix. AIX Manual Pages (IBM) Solaris 2.6 AnswerBook - Solaris user documentation. Linux Documentation Project - Comprehensive Linux documentation. VI Tutorial (Purdue University) - The most popular text editor. VI Frequently Asked Questions (Baruch Promislow) VI Lover's Home Page (Thomer Gil) Common Desktop Environment - Overview (IBM) Common Desktop Environment Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)   Free Software Foundation (GNU) - Open source software for Unix.   SunFreeware.com (Steve Christensen and others) - Freeware for Solaris. Linux Online - Comprehensive Linux resources.   UWin - Unix for Windows (AT&T Research) Unix Resources (U. of Texas at Austin) - Good search engine, comprehensive links to resources. Unix Resources (Unix Guru Universe) - Links to resources.

Unix Shells Comparison (Terry Griffin)

Shell Differences Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet) - Contains a detailed table comparing shell features.

Shell Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

  Korn Shell Home Page (David Korn) - Downloads, documentation, resources.

Korn Shell Frequently Asked Questions (David Korn)

Korn Shell 1988 Manual Page (David Korn)

Korn Shell 1993 Manual Page (David Korn)

Desktop Korn Shell Tutorial (Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Novell)

Desktop Korn Shell Manual Page (J. Stephen Pendergrast, Jr.)

Public Domain Korn Shell (Eric Gisin, Michael Rendell and others) - Note that a more advanced implementation, the 1993 Korn shell, is now in the public domain.

  Typhon (Raycosoft) - Korn shell scripts, login environment files.

Bash Reference Manual (Free Software Foundation)

Bash Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

Bash Manual Page (Free Software Foundation)

Bourne Shell Programming Guide (anonymous)

Bourne Shell Manual Page (Steve Bourne and others)

An Introduction to the C Shell (Bill Joy)

C Shell Manual Page (Bill Joy and others)

tcsh Manual Page (Dave Schweisguth)

C Shell Programming Considered Harmful (Tom Christiansen)

C Shell / tcsh Resources (Paul Dubois) - Links to resources.

  Porting Guidelines for Shell Scripts (Raycosoft)

  Shelldorado (Heiner Steven) - Links to resources.

Softpanorama Shell Resources - Links to resources.

  Perl Tutorial (Robert Pepper) - A concise introduction for beginners.

Perl Frequently Asked Questions (Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington)

Perl for Windows Frequently Asked Questions (Evangelo Prodromou and others)

Other Perl Frequently Asked Questions

Perl Man Pages (Larry Wall and others) - Version 5.005.

  ActivePerl - Perl for Windows (ActiveState)

  Perl.com (Tom Christiansen, O'Reilly & Assoc.) - Comprehensive resource guide.

CPAN Module List (Tim Bunce, Andreas Konig) - Comprehensive library of Perl utilities.

CPAN Search Site (Elaine Ashton, Graham Barr, Clifton Posey) - CPAN search engine.

Idiot's Guide to Solving Perl CGI Problems (Tom Christiansen)

Python - A high-level object-oriented language.

Python Tutorial (Guido van Rossum)

Python Frequently Asked Questions (Python Software Activity)

Tcl/Tk - An extensible language and graphical user interface language.

  Tcl/Tk Tutorial (Lakshmi Sastry, Venkat Sastry)

Tcl/Tk Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

Expect - A language for automating interactive programs.

  Expect Mini-Tutorial (D. Butler)

Expect Frequently Asked Questions (Don Libes)

Awk - A limited language that is still useful.

Awk User's Guide (Free Software Foundation)

Awk Tutorial (Harvey Mudd College)

Awk Quick Reference (The Roberts Family)

Awk Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

Sed - A language for non-interactive text editing.

Sed Tutorial (Free University of Berlin)

Sed Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

Unix Administration Reference (Frank Fiamingo) - Focuses on Solaris, Irix, Digital Unix.

Unix Administration Tutorial (Indiana University)

Unix Networking Tutorial (Indiana University)

DNS Resources (András Salamon)

Solaris 2 Frequently Asked Questions (Casper Dik)

AIX Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

Linux Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

HP-UX Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

Unix Administration Rosetta Stone (Bruce Hamilton) - Table of equivalent commands in various Unices.

  Unix Administration Resources (Stokely Consulting) - Comprehensive links to resources.

Unix Administration Resources (Rootprompt.org) - Unix news, plus links to resources.

Unix Administration Resources (Unix Guru Universe) - Links to resources.

Computer Security Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

Intrusion Detection Frequently Asked Questions (SANS Institute)

Firewalls Frequently Asked Questions (Usenet)

  Computer Emergency Response Team (Carnegie Mellon University)

Unix Security Checklist (University of Washington)

Unix Security Checklist (Australian Computer Emergency Response Team)

Security Resources (National Security Institute) - Links to resources.

Unix Security Resources (Unix Guru Universe) - Links to resources.

Learning the Unix Operating System, 4th edition - A short introduction to Unix.

Unix in a Nutshell, 3rd edition - A comprehensive guide to Unix.

Learning the Korn Shell - A beginner's guide to the Korn shell.

  The New KornShell, 2nd edition - The definitive guide to the Korn shell.

Learning the VI Editor, 6th edition - The definitive guide to the vi text editor.

Learning Gnu Emacs, 2nd edition - The definitive guide to the emacs text editor.

  UNIX Power Tools, 2nd edition - Tips and tricks from the gurus.

Learning Perl, 2nd edition - A beginner's guide to Perl.

Programming Perl, 2nd edition - The definitive guide to Perl.

  Perl Cookbook - A comprehensive "cheat sheet" for Perl.

Essential System Administration, 2nd edition - One of the better guides available.

Mastering Regular Expressions - For the advanced Unix user.

  Server/Workstation Expert (free magazine) - Covers Unix, Perl and Java technology.

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