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UNIX User's Supplementary Documents (USD)
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\s-24.4 Berkeley Software Distribution\s+2
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\fRJune, 1993\fR
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This volume contains documents which supplement the manual pages in
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The Unix User's Reference Manual
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for the 4.4BSD system as distributed by U.C. Berkeley.
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Getting Started
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.tl 'Unix for Beginners \- Second Edition''USD:1'
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An introduction to the most basic uses of the system.
.ND
.IP
.tl 'Learn \- Computer\-Aided Instruction on UNIX (Second Edition)''USD:2'
.QP
Describes a computer-aided instruction program that walks new users through
the basics of files, the editor, and document prepararation software.
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.SH
Basic Utilities
.ND
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.tl 'An Introduction to the UNIX Shell''USD:3'
.QP
Steve Bourne's introduction to the capabilities of 
.I sh,
a command interpreter especially popular for writing shell scripts.
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.IP
.tl 'An Introduction to the C shell''USD:4'
.QP
This introduction to
.I csh,
(a command interpreter popular for interactive work)  describes many 
commonly used UNIX commands, assumes little prior knowledge of UNIX,
and has a glossary useful for beginners.
.ND
.IP
.tl 'DC \- An Interactive Desk Calculator''USD:5'
.QP
A super HP calculator, if you do not need floating point.
.ND
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.tl 'BC \- An Arbitrary Precision Desk-Calculator Language''USD:6'
.QP
A front end for DC that provides infix notation, control flow, and 
built\-in functions.
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.SH
Communicating with the World
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.tl 'Mail Reference Manual''USD:7'
.QP
Complete details on one of the programs for sending and reading your mail.
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.IP
.tl 'The Rand MH Message Handling System''USD:8'
.QP
This system for managing your computer mail uses lots of small programs, 
instead of one large one.
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.SH
Text Editing
.ND
.IP
.tl 'A Tutorial Introduction to the Unix Text Editor''USD:9'
.QP
An easy way to get started with the line editor, 
.I ed.
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.IP
.tl 'Advanced Editing on Unix''USD:10'
.QP
The next step.
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.tl 'An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi''USD:11'
.QP
The document to learn to use the \fIvi\fR screen editor.
.ND
.IP
.tl 'Ex Reference Manual (Version 3.7)''USD:12'
.QP
The final reference for the \fIex\fR editor.
.ND
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.tl 'Vi Reference Manual''USD:13'
.QP
The definitive reference for the \fInvi\fR editor.
.ND
.IP
.tl 'Jove Manual for UNIX Users''USD:14'
.QP
Jove is a small, self-documenting, customizable display editor, based on
EMACS.  A plausible alternative to 
.I vi.
.ND
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.tl 'SED \- A Non-interactive Text Editor''USD:15'
.QP
Describes a one-pass variant of 
.I ed
useful as a filter for processing large files.
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.tl 'AWK \- A Pattern Scanning and Processing Language (Second Edition)''USD:16'
.QP
A program for data selection and transformation.
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Document Preparation
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.tl 'Typing Documents on UNIX: Using the \-ms Macros with Troff and Nroff''USD:17'
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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.
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.tl 'A Revised Version of \-ms''USD:18'
.QP
A brief description of the Berkeley revisions made to the \-ms formatting
macros for nroff and troff.
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.tl 'Writing Papers with \fInroff\fR using \-me''USD:19'
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Another popular macro package for
.I nroff.
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.tl '\-me Reference Manual''USD:20'
.QP
The final word on \-me.
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.tl 'NROFF/TROFF User\'s Manual''USD:21'
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Extremely detailed information about these document formatting programs.
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.tl 'A TROFF Tutorial''USD:22'
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An introduction to the most basic uses of
.I troff 
for those who really want to know such things, or want to write their 
own macros.
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.tl 'A System for Typesetting Mathematics''USD:23'
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Describes 
.I eqn, 
an easy-to-learn language for high-quality mathematical typesetting.
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.tl 'Typesetting Mathematics \- User\'s Guide (Second Edition)''USD:24'
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More details about how to use 
.I eqn.
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.tl 'Tbl \- A Program to Format Tables''USD:25'
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A program for easily typesetting tabular material.
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.tl 'Refer \- A Bibliography System''USD:26'
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An introduction to one set of tools used to maintain bibliographic databases. 
The major program, 
.I refer,
is used to automatically retrieve and format the references 
based on document citations.
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.tl 'Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the UNIX System''USD:27'
.QP
Mike Lesk's paper describes the
.I refer 
programs in a somewhat larger context.
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.tl 'BIB \- A Program for Formatting Bibliographies''USD:28'
.QP
This is an alternative to
.I refer
for expanding citations in documents.
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.tl 'Writing Tools \- The STYLE and DICTION Programs''USD:29'
.QP
These are programs which can help you understand and improve your 
writing style.
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.SH 
Amusements
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.tl 'A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom''USD:30'
.QP
An introduction to the popular game of \fIrogue\fP, a fantasy game
which is one of the biggest known users of VAX cycles.
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.tl 'Star Trek''USD:31'
.QP
You are the Captain of the Starship Enterprise.  Wipe out the
Klingons and save the Federation.
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