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Linux Pocket Guide
by Daniel J. Barrett
Linux Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition
Linux Pocket Guide
1. Linux Pocket Guide
What’s in This Book?
What’s Linux?
What’s a Distro?
What’s a Command?
Reading This Book
Shell prompts
Keystrokes
Your friend, the echo command
Getting Help
Linux: A First View
The Graphical Desktop
Running a Shell
Input and Output
Users and Superusers
The Filesystem
Home Directories
System Directories
Directory path part 1: category
Directory path part 2: scope
Directory path part 3: application
Operating System Directories
File Protections
The Shell
The Shell Versus Programs
Selected Features of the bash Shell
Wildcards
Brace expansion
Shell variables
Search path
Aliases
Input/output redirection
Pipes
Combining commands
Quoting
Escaping
Command-line editing
Command history
Filename completion
Shell Job Control
jobs
&
^Z
suspend
bg
fg
Killing a Command in Progress
Terminating a Shell
Tailoring Shell Behavior
Basic File Operations
ls
cp
mv
rm
ln
Directory Operations
cd
pwd
basename
dirname
mkdir
rmdir
File Viewing
cat
less
head
tail
nl
strings
od
xxd
acroread
gv
xdvi
File Creation and Editing
Creating a File Quickly
Your Default Editor
emacs
vim
soffice
abiword
gnumeric
File Properties
stat
wc
du
file
touch
chown
chgrp
chmod
umask
chattr
lsattr
File Location
find
xargs
locate
which
type
whereis
File Text Manipulation
grep
egrep
fgrep
cut
paste
tr
sort
uniq
tee
File Compression and Packaging
tar
gzip
bzip2
compress
zip
metamail
File Comparison
diff
comm
cmp
md5sum
Printing
lpr
lpq
lprm
Spell Checking
look
aspell
spell
Disks and Filesystems
df
mount
umount
fsck
sync
Backups and Remote Storage
dump
restore
cdrecord
rsync
mt
Viewing Processes
ps
uptime
w
top
gnome-system-monitor
xload
free
Controlling Processes
kill
nice
renice
Scheduling Jobs
sleep
watch
at
crontab
Logins, Logouts, and Shutdowns
shutdown
Users and Their Environment
logname
whoami
id
who
users
finger
last
printenv
User Account Management
useradd
userdel
usermod
passwd
chfn
chsh
Becoming the Superuser
Group Management
groups
groupadd
groupdel
groupmod
Host Information
uname
hostname
ip
ifconfig
Host Location
host
whois
ping
traceroute
Network Connections
ssh
telnet
scp
sftp
ftp
Email
thunderbird
evolution
mutt
mail
mailq
Web Browsing
firefox
lynx
wget
Usenet News
slrn
Instant Messaging
pidgin
talk
write
mesg
tty
Screen Output
echo
printf
yes
seq
clear
Math and Calculations
xcalc
expr
dc
Dates and Times
xclock
cal
date
ntpdate
Graphics and Screensavers
eog
geeqie
ksnapshot
gimp
dia
gnuplot
xscreensaver
Audio
amarok
grip
cdparanoia
lame
id3tag
audacity
k3b
Video
mplayer
gxine
kino
HandBrake
Installing Software
yum
rpm
aptitude
Programming with Shell Scripts
Whitespace and Linebreaks
Variables
Input and Output
Booleans and Return Codes
test and “[”
true and false
Conditionals
Loops
Break and Continue
Creating and Running Shell Scripts
Command-Line Arguments
Exiting with a Return Code
Beyond Shell Scripting
Final Words
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
Copyright
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Linux Pocket Guide
Daniel J. Barrett
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