The UNIX Operating System

Manuals

Much information about Unix is available through it's manuals. The manuals are sometimes included with the operating system. Other books on the subject are available.

• 1971: Unix Programmer's Manual
  • by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
  • 1st ed (from /usr/dmr/www)
    • pipes and grep were not invented yet
    • rebuilt as HTML and hosted on 9p server
  • 7th ed
    • Volume II, pulished 1983
    • PDF scan with cover art depicting U N I X on a set of blocks
  • 8th ed
  • read more about the early documentation history
• 1979: The UNIX Programming Environment
  • by Brian Kernighan and John Mashey
  • 1981 Computer article
  • an expanded 1984 edition was later published with Rob Pike as the co-author
• 1982: Introduction to the UNIX Operating System
  • by Stephen M. Walters
  • A mix of notes, standard man pages and assembly code