Files
Overview
The UNIX directory
hierarchy
Filesystems
Manipulating files
Creating
directories
Creating files
links
'Dot' files
Protecting files
Groups
File access
control
Changing
privileges
File
contents
Text files
Comparing
files
Filtering
files
Non-text files
Printing
files
File archives and file
compression
Other relevant commands
Summary
Exercises
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Overview
This chapter introduces
- the UNIX file structure;
- common commands which deal with files; and
- the UNIX file access and security mechanisms.
This chapter concentrates on the basic information you need to
know about UNIX files and the utilities that relate to them.
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