The Unix Environment for Programming (Comp433) 12:00-12:50 Sun/Tues Room Number: 4-19 Solane Duque
Introduction Developed as a Research Project at the AT&T Bell Labs in 1969 Characteristics of Unix Portable Multi-user Multi-tasking
About the Shell You interact with unix through a special program called the shell The shell prompt will hand over the program to the operating system after you typed in.
About UNIX Commands Commands come in two parts: Command Arguments Example: ls –l myfile
UNIX Flavors Bourne Shell (sh) C shell (sch) Others Ksh Bash tsch
Login and Logout Login to start the session using your Username Password Logout to end your session
Password Dont’s Don’t use your login name, real name, nickname, dog’s name, or any name; Don’t use a word that appears in dictionary; Don’t use easily guessed combinations of characters; Don’t write your password down.
Password Do’s Make your password at least 6 characters; Include at least one number or punctuation, and at least 2 letters; Use both upper and lower case letters; Choose a password you can remember without writing it down.
Password Example Four of five dentists recommend Trident 4oo5drT
Thank You Any questions?