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Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition

By
Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Released:
August 2000
Pages:
816

Product Editions

  1. Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition - September 2009
  2. Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition - July 2005
  3. Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition - June 2003 (out of print)
  4. Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition - August 2000 (out of print)
  5. Linux in a Nutshell, Second Edition - February 1999 (out of print)
  6. Linux in a Nutshell - February 1997 (out of print)
Description
This complete reference covers all user, programming, administration, and networking commands, with options, for common Linux distributions. It also documents a wide range of GNU tools. New material in the third edition includes common configuration tasks for the GNOME and KDE desktops and the fvwm2 window manager, the dpkgDebian package manager, expanded coverage of the rpm Red Hat package manager, and many new commands.
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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Introduction

    1. The Excitement of Linux

    2. Distribution and Support

    3. Commands on Linux

    4. What This Book Offers

    5. Sources and Licenses

    6. Beginner's Guide

  2. Chapter 2 System and Network Administration Overview

    1. Common Commands

    2. Overview of Networking

    3. Overview of TCP/IP

    4. Overview of Firewalls and Masquerading

    5. Overview of NFS

    6. Overview of NIS

    7. Administering NIS

    8. RPC and XDR

  3. Chapter 3 Linux Commands

    1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands

  4. Chapter 4 Boot Methods

    1. The Boot Process

    2. LILO: The Linux Loader

    3. Loadlin: Booting from MS-DOS

    4. Dual Booting Linux and Windows NT/2000

    5. Boot-time Kernel Options

    6. initrd: Using a RAM Disk

  5. Chapter 5 Red Hat and Debian Package Managers

    1. The Red Hat Package Manager

    2. The Debian Package Manager

  6. Chapter 6 The Linux Shells: An Overview

    1. Purpose of the Shell

    2. Shell Flavors

    3. Common Features

    4. Differing Features

  7. Chapter 7 bash: The Bourne-Again Shell

    1. Overview of Features

    2. Invoking the Shell

    3. Syntax

    4. Variables

    5. Arithmetic Expressions

    6. Command History

    7. Built-in Commands

    8. Job Control

  8. Chapter 8 csh and tcsh

    1. Overview of Features

    2. Invoking the Shell

    3. Syntax

    4. Variables

    5. Expressions

    6. Command History

    7. Command-Line Manipulation

    8. Job Control

    9. Built-in csh and tcsh Commands

  9. Chapter 9 Pattern Matching

    1. Filenames Versus Patterns

    2. Metacharacters, Listed by Linux Program

    3. Metacharacters

    4. Examples of Searching

  10. Chapter 10 The Emacs Editor

    1. Introduction

    2. Typical Problems

    3. Summary of Commands by Group

    4. Summary of Commands by Key

    5. Summary of Commands by Name

  11. Chapter 11 The vi Editor

    1. Review of vi Operations

    2. vi Command-Line Options

    3. ex Command-Line Options

    4. Movement Commands

    5. Edit Commands

    6. Saving and Exiting

    7. Accessing Multiple Files

    8. Interacting with the Shell

    9. Macros

    10. Miscellaneous Commands

    11. Alphabetical List of Keys in Command Mode

    12. Syntax of ex Commands

    13. Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands

    14. vi Configuration

  12. Chapter 12 The sed Editor

    1. Conceptual Overview

    2. Command-Line Syntax

    3. Syntax of sed Commands

    4. Group Summary of sed Commands

    5. Alphabetical Summary of sed Commands

  13. Chapter 13 The gawk Scripting Language

    1. Conceptual Overview

    2. Command-Line Syntax

    3. Patterns and Procedures

    4. gawk System Variables

    5. Operators

    6. Variable and Array Assignments

    7. Group Listing of gawk Commands

    8. Alphabetical Summary of Commands

  14. Chapter 14 CVS and RCS

    1. Basic Concepts

    2. The CVS Utility

    3. CVS Administrator Reference

    4. CVS User Reference

    5. The RCS Utility

    6. Overview of RCS Commands

    7. Basic RCS Operations

    8. General RCS Specifications

    9. Alphabetical Summary of RCS Commands

  15. Chapter 15 GNOME

    1. Desktop Overview

    2. The Panel

    3. The Main Menu

    4. The GNOME Control Center

  16. Chapter 16 KDE

    1. Desktop Overview

    2. The Panel and Taskbar

    3. The KDE Control Center

  17. Chapter 17 An Alternative Window Manager: fvwm2

    1. Running fvwm2

    2. Configuration Files

    3. A Modular Approach

    4. How to Implement Window Manager Customizations

    5. A Quick Tour of the fvwm Environment

    6. Specifying Click-to-Type Focus

    7. Raising the Focus Window Automatically

    8. Changing the Size of the Desktop

    9. Having Multiple Desktops

    10. Making the Same Window Appear on Every Page

    11. Starting Windows on Different Desktops and Pages

    12. If It's Too Hard (or Easy) to Move the Pointer Between Pages

    13. Adding Keyboard Shortcuts

    14. Customizing Menus

    15. The FvwmWinList: Switching the Focus

  1. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition
By:
Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Formats:
  • Print
Print Release:
August 2000
Pages:
816
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-00025-7
| ISBN 10:
0-596-00025-1
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About the Authors

  1. Ellen Siever

    Ellen Siever is a writer and editor specializing in Linux and other open source topics. In addition to Linux in a Nutshell, she co-authored Perl in a Nutshell. She is a long-time Linux and Unix user, and was a programmer for many years until she decided that writing about computers was more fun.

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  2. Stephen Spainhour

    Stephen Spainhour co-authored Webmaster in a Nutshell, Perl in a Nutshell, 1st Edition, and contributed to many other OReilly titles. He is an avid fan of professional tennis, and when hes not checking for tennis scores on the Web, he enjoys cooking, electronic music, troubleshooting his home-built PC, and watching too much television.

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  3. Stephen Figgins

    Stephen Figgins is a programmer, animal tracker, musician and life-long learner. He honed many of his computer skills while working as O'Reilly's book answer guy. Now living in Lawrence, Kansas, he works as a writer, editor and consultant.

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