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Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition By Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins
August 2000
Pages: 816

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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
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
Chapter 3 Linux Commands
1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
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
Chapter 5 Red Hat and Debian Package Managers
1. The Red Hat Package Manager
2. The Debian Package Manager
Chapter 6 The Linux Shells: An Overview
1. Purpose of the Shell
2. Shell Flavors
3. Common Features
4. Differing Features
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
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
Chapter 9 Pattern Matching
1. Filenames Versus Patterns
2. Metacharacters, Listed by Linux Program
3. Metacharacters
4. Examples of Searching
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
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
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
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
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
Chapter 15 GNOME
1. Desktop Overview
2. The Panel
3. The Main Menu
4. The GNOME Control Center
Chapter 16 KDE
1. Desktop Overview
2. The Panel and Taskbar
3. The KDE Control Center
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

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

The Excitement of Linux

Distribution and Support

Commands on Linux

What This Book Offers

Sources and Licenses

Beginner's Guide

Chapter 2 System and Network Administration Overview

Common Commands

Overview of Networking

Overview of TCP/IP

Overview of Firewalls and Masquerading

Overview of NFS

Overview of NIS

Administering NIS

RPC and XDR

Chapter 3 Linux Commands

Alphabetical Summary of Commands

Chapter 4 Boot Methods

The Boot Process

LILO: The Linux Loader

Loadlin: Booting from MS-DOS

Dual Booting Linux and Windows NT/2000

Boot-time Kernel Options

initrd: Using a RAM Disk

Chapter 5 Red Hat and Debian Package Managers

The Red Hat Package Manager

The Debian Package Manager

Chapter 6 The Linux Shells: An Overview

Purpose of the Shell

Shell Flavors

Common Features

Differing Features

Chapter 7 bash: The Bourne-Again Shell

Overview of Features

Invoking the Shell

Syntax

Variables

Arithmetic Expressions

Command History

Built-in Commands

Job Control

Chapter 8 csh and tcsh

Overview of Features

Invoking the Shell

Syntax

Variables

Expressions

Command History

Command-Line Manipulation

Job Control

Built-in csh and tcsh Commands

Chapter 9 Pattern Matching

Filenames Versus Patterns

Metacharacters, Listed by Linux Program

Metacharacters

Examples of Searching

Chapter 10 The Emacs Editor

Introduction

Typical Problems

Summary of Commands by Group

Summary of Commands by Key

Summary of Commands by Name

Chapter 11 The vi Editor

Review of vi Operations

vi Command-Line Options

ex Command-Line Options

Movement Commands

Edit Commands

Saving and Exiting

Accessing Multiple Files

Interacting with the Shell

Macros

Miscellaneous Commands

Alphabetical List of Keys in Command Mode

Syntax of ex Commands

Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands

vi Configuration

Chapter 12 The sed Editor