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System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices

Contents

About This Book

Who Should Use This Book

Case-Sensitivity in AIX

Related Publications

Login Names, System IDs, and Passwords

Login and Logout Overview

User and System Identification

Command Summary for Login Names, System IDs, and Passwords

Related Information

User Environment and System Information

Listing System Devices (lscfg Command)

Displaying the Console Name (lscons Command)

Displaying the Terminal Name (tty Command)

Listing Available Displays (lsdisp Command)

Listing Available Fonts (lsfont Command)

Listing the Current Software Keyboard Map (lskbd Command)

Listing Available Software Products (lslpp Command)

Listing Control Key Assignments for Your Terminal (stty Command)

Listing Environment Variables (env Command)

Displaying the Value of an Environment Variable (printenv Command)

Working with Bidirectional Languages (aixterm Command)

Command Summary for User Environment and System Information

The Common Desktop Environment

Starting and Stopping the Common Desktop Environment

Modifying Desktop Profiles

Adding and Removing Displays and Terminals for Common Desktop Environment

Customizing Display Devices for Common Desktop Environment

Commands and Processes

Commands Overview

Processes Overview

Command Summary for Commands and Processes

Input and Output Redirection

Standard Input, Standard Output, and Standard Error

Redirecting Standard Output

Redirecting Output to a File

Redirecting Output and Appending to a File

Creating a Text File with Redirection from the Keyboard

Concatenating Text Files

Redirecting Standard Input

Discarding Output with the /dev/null File

Redirecting Standard Error and Other Output

Using Inline Input (Here) Documents

Using Pipes and Filters

Displaying Program Output and Copying to a File (tee command)

Clearing Your Screen (clear Command)

Sending a Message to Standard Output (echo Command)

Appending a Single Line of Text to a File (echo Command)

Copying Your Screen to a File (capture and script Commands)

Displaying Text in Large Letters on Your Screen (banner Command)

Command Summary for Input and Output Redirection

File Systems and Directories

Directory Overview

Directory-Handling Procedures

Command Summary for File Systems and Directories

File Handling Procedures

Linking Files and Directories

Command Summary for Files

Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues

Printer Terminology

Starting a Print Job (qprt Command)

Canceling a Print Job (qcan Command)

Checking Print Job Status (qchk Command)

Printer Status Conditions

Prioritizing a Print Job (qpri Command)

Holding and Releasing a Print Job (qhld Command)

Formatting Files for Printing (pr Command)

Printing ASCII Files on a PostScript Printer

Automating the Conversion of ASCII to PostScript

Overriding Automatic Determination of Print File Types

Command Summary for Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues

Backup Files and Storage Media

Establishing a Backup Policy

Formatting Diskettes (format or fdformat Command)

Checking the Integrity of the File System (fsck Command)

Copying to or from Diskettes (flcopy Command)

Copying Files to Tape or Disk (cpio -o Command)

Copying Files from Tape or Disk (cpio -i Command)

Copying to or from Tapes (tcopy Command)

Checking the Integrity of a Tape (tapechk Command)

Compressing Files (compress and pack Commands)

Expanding Compressed Files (uncompress and unpack Commands)

Backing Up Files (backup Command)

Restoring Backed-Up Files (restore Command)

Archiving Files (tar Command)

Command Summary for Backup Files and Storage Media

File and System Security

Security Threats

File Ownership and User Groups

Access Control Lists

Locking Your Terminal (lock or xlock Command)

Command Summary for File and System Security

Customizing the User Environment

System Startup Files Overview

AIXwindows Startup Files Overview

Customization Procedures

Summary for User Environment Customization

Korn Shell or POSIX Shell Commands

Quoting in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Reserved Words in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Command Aliasing in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Parameter Substitution in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Command Substitution in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Arithmetic Evaluation in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Field Splitting in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

File-Name Substitution in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Input and Output Redirection in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Exit Status in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Korn Shell or POSIX Shell Built-In Commands

List of Korn Shell or POSIX Shell Built-in Commands

Conditional Expressions for the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Job Control in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Inline Editing in the Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Enhanced Korn Shell (ksh93)

Restricted Shell

Bourne Shell Commands

Variable and File-Name Substitution in the Bourne Shell

Input and Output Redirection in the Bourne Shell

List of Bourne Shell Built-in Commands

C Shell Commands

History Substitution in the C Shell

Alias Substitution in the C Shell

Variable and File-Name Substitution in the C Shell

Environment Variables in the C Shell

Input and Output Redirection in the C Shell

Job Control in the C Shell

List of C Shell Built-in Commands

Related Information

AIX Documentation

IBM eServer pSeries Information Center

Documentation Library Service

Appendix. Notices

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