UNIX User's Supplementary Documents (USD)
4.4 Berkeley Software Distribution
June, 1993
This volume contains documents which supplement the
manual pages in The Unix User's Reference Manual for the
4.4BSD system as distributed by U.C. Berkeley.
Getting Started
Unix for Beginners - Second Edition USD:1
An introduction to the most basic uses of the sys-
tem.
Learn - Computer-Aided Instruction on UNIX (Second EditUSD:2
Describes a computer-aided instruction program
that walks new users through the basics of files,
the editor, and document prepararation software.
Basic Utilities
An Introduction to the UNIX Shell USD:3
Steve Bourne's introduction to the capabilities of
sh, a command interpreter especially popular for
writing shell scripts.
An Introduction to the C shell USD:4
This introduction to csh (a command interpreter
popular for interactive work), describes many com-
monly used UNIX commands, assumes little prior
knowledge of UNIX, and has a glossary useful for
beginners.
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DC - An Interactive Desk Calculator USD:5
A super HP calculator, if you do not need floating
point.
BC - An Arbitrary Precision Desk-Calculator Language USD:6
A front end for DC that provides infix notation,
control flow, and built-in functions.
Communicating with the World
Mail Reference Manual USD:7
Complete details on one of the programs for send-
ing and reading your mail.
The Rand MH Message Handling System USD:8
This system for managing your computer mail uses
lots of small programs, instead of one large one.
Text Editing
A Tutorial Introduction to the Unix Text Editor USD:9
An easy way to get started with the line editor,
ed.
Advanced Editing on Unix USD:10
The next step.
Ex: A Tutorial USD:11
The document to learn to use the ex editor.
An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi USD:12
The document to learn to use the vi screen editor.
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Vi/Ex Reference Manual USD:13
The definitive reference for the nvi,nex editors.
Jove Manual for UNIX Users USD:14
Jove is a small, self-documenting, customizable
display editor, based on EMACS. A plausible al-
ternative to vi.
SED - A Non-interactive Text Editor USD:15
Describes a one-pass variant of ed useful as a
filter for processing large files.
AWK - A Pattern Scanning and Processing Language (SecoUSD:16tion)
A program for data selection and transformation.
Document Preparation
Typing Documents on UNIX: Using the -ms Macros with TrUSD:17d Nroff
Describes and gives examples of the basic use of
the typesetting tools and ``-ms'', a frequently
used package of formatting requests that make it
easier to lay out most documents.
A Revised Version of -ms USD:18
A brief description of the Berkeley revisions made
to the -ms formatting macros for nroff and troff.
Writing Papers with nroff using -me USD:19
Another popular macro package for nroff.
-me Reference Manual USD:20
The final word on -me.
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NROFF/TROFF User's Manual USD:21
Extremely detailed information about these docu-
ment formatting programs.
A TROFF Tutorial USD:22
An introduction to the most basic uses of troff
for those who really want to know such things, or
want to write their own macros.
A System for Typesetting Mathematics USD:23
Describes eqn, an easy-to-learn language for
high-quality mathematical typesetting.
Typesetting Mathematics - User's Guide (Second EditionUSD:24
More details about how to use eqn.
Tbl - A Program to Format Tables USD:25
A program for easily typesetting tabular material.
Refer - A Bibliography System USD:26
An introduction to one set of tools used to main-
tain bibliographic databases. The major program,
refer, is used to automatically retrieve and for-
mat the references based on document citations.
Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the UNIX SystUSD:27
Mike Lesk's paper describes the refer programs in
a somewhat larger context.
BIB - A Program for Formatting Bibliographies USD:28
This is an alternative to refer for expanding ci-
tations in documents.
Writing Tools - The STYLE and DICTION Programs USD:29
These are programs which can help you understand
and improve your writing style.
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Amusements
A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom USD:30
An introduction to the popular game of rogue, a
fantasy game which is one of the biggest known
users of VAX cycles.
Star Trek USD:31
You are the Captain of the Starship Enterprise.
Wipe out the Klingons and save the Federation.
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