Learning Unix

[eduboys]

I'm interested in getting a job during the upcoming college school year doing some hardware and software maintenence, and I'm fully functional under any windows operating system, but unfortunately I don't have a clue about unix, or at least I think that I don't have a clue. I know dos very well and for some reason I'm thinking that unix is a bit like it. If anyone has any suggestions on how I could learn how to navigate through unix please let me know.

 

[hammerhead]

UNIX is very different to DOS, but knowledge of command line interfaces is a good start.

Working with LINUX for a while would be good.

Try the following to see what UNIX is all about.

<A HREF="http/www.isu.edu/departments/comcom/unix/workshop/unixindex.html " target="_new">http/www.isu.edu/departments/comcom/unix/workshop/unixindex.html </A>

 

[camieabz]

At beginner level, UNIX is quite similar to DOS. The differences are annoying (e.g. / instead of \, ls instead of dir, etc.). I did a DOS course and a UNIX course at the same time and it was lots of fun.

Beyond beginner level UNIX has a whole new side to it, but its not too difficult to pick up. Any good book would be worthwhile. This will get you ahead with basic syntax, allowing you to get on with the real stuff.

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"Now drop your weapons or I'll kill him with this deadly jelly baby."
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[Stick_e_Mouse]

get one of those thick UNIX "bibles"

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[HighCv2]

Just don't run away when u are on reg ex and scripting in general.
/me shivers

"He who laughs last doesn't get the joke"

 

[NickM]

You can start fundamentals and Shell prograsmming exercises using a UNIX simulator for DOS or Windows. There’re some Learning UNIX tutorials from SAMS, you can find and buy used books c/w disk for couple bucks.

Eduboys, for you, as a UNIX guy, there’s no way to escape from Linux. Red Hat is used on IBM servers.

After you get some basics, you have to decide what industry platform to choose.

You might be lucky to buy a used HP server with UX in special HP stores for the price of old PC. Just network it with your Windows boxes.
Although HP is in some kind of different situation on the server market now, Sun, I think, is better.

My suggestion is IBM, not easy to get a job there though, but IBM is doing pretty good now.
They won a huge project in Britain recently and so on. Read that:
“IBM is the number one server vendor worldwide in terms of factory revenue for the first quarter 2001…outselling Sun Microsystems by a 60 percent margin.” This ever-growing base of AIX servers is creating <b>increased demand for qualified AIX professionals</b>. As a result, IBM has developed an AIX certification program to help meet this need.”
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<A HREF="http/www-1.ibm.com/certify/index.shtml" target="_new">http/www-1.ibm.com/certify/index.shtml</A>

Not cheap, not easy…but after you get AIX certificates, you don't need to worry about MS Windows platform changes every couple years along with certifications.

Call 1-800-XXX-XXXX your nearest IBM main office,
in their training department ask about IBM-authorised college (nearest to you).

Good luck, keep in touch.