Unix Shell Help
Panix has been selling UNIX shell services to the general public since 1989, so we have a lot of experience. Though GUIs and broadband access are everywhere these days, there are still some things that can only be done with a shell account, and Panix provides unparalleled support for our shell users.
This area will show you what we have on the hosts, how to use the Panix versions of popular UNIX programs, and give you pointers on customizing your environment here.
UNIX Shell Help Table of Contents:
- Accessing your Panix shell account:
- Using the programs on your UNIX shell account:
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- Editors, newsgroup-choosing tools, and tutorials available on Panix
- Introduction to the "pico" text editor
- Tips for using the rn, trn, and nn UNIX newsreaders
- How to subscribe/unsubscribe to newsgroups in rn, trn, and nn
- Uploading and downloading files to and from a shell account
- Pulling up man-pages in text format for easy download
- Customizing your shell environment on Panix:
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- Getting started with your UNIX shell environment
- Password maintenance on Panix
- Filtering your email on Panix with procmail
- Setting your Panix account to forward your mail
- Delete and Backspace key handling in UNIX
- Setting up your path so that it works on Panix
- Setting up Mutt, Alpine, Pine or Elm to save copies of outgoing mail
- The "finger" utility: how to look people up, and how to keep your own info private
- Using X11 programs
- Enabling "identd" for shell-based IRC use
- Restoring accidentally-deleted files from RAID "snapshot" backups
- Setting a default version of perl
- Unix mail clients
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