SummaryThis section has given you an introduction to the UNIX environment. You were introduced to the UNIX login shells - the Bourne, C, and Korn shells. We examined how the UNIX shell interprets your commands as you type them in. The basic syntax of UNIX commands was introduced, and we looked at flags and arguments to basic UNIX commands. We also looked at the use of simple metacharacters. We discussed the fact that UNIX commands work with input/output character streams. The concepts of I/O redirection and pipelines were introduced. You were also given some information on controlling some of your terminal characteristics with the stty command.
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