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Linux Pocket Guide gets you up to speed quickly on day-to-day Linux use. The book begins with general concepts like files and directories, the shell, and X windows, and then presents detailed overviews of the most essential commands. You'll learn each command's purpose, usage, options, location on disk, and even the RPM package that installed it. Throw in a host of valuable power user tips and a friendly, accessible style, and you'll find this practical, to-the-point book a small but mighty resource for Linux users.
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Table of Contents
  1. Chapter 1 Linux Pocket Guide

    1. What's in This Book?

    2. Getting Help

    3. Fedora: A First View

    4. Logins, Logouts, and Shutdowns

    5. The Filesystem

    6. The Shell

    7. Installing Software

    8. tar.gz and tar.bz2 files

    9. Basic File Operations

    10. Directory Operations

    11. File Viewing

    12. File Creation and Editing

    13. File Properties

    14. File Location

    15. File Text Manipulation

    16. More Powerful Manipulations

    17. File Compression and Packaging

    18. File Comparison

    19. Disks and Filesystems

    20. Partitioning and Formatting Disks

    21. Backups and Remote Storage

    22. File Printing

    23. Spelling Operations

    24. Viewing Processes

    25. Controlling Processes

    26. Users and Their Environment

    27. Working with User Accounts

    28. Becoming the Superuser

    29. Working with Groups

    30. Basic Host Information

    31. Host Location

    32. Network Connections

    33. Email

    34. Web Browsing

    35. Usenet News

    36. Instant Messaging

    37. Screen Output

    38. Math and Calculations

    39. Dates and Times

    40. Scheduling Jobs

    41. Graphics and Screensavers

    42. Audio and Video

    43. Programming with Shell Scripts

    44. Final Words

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    Product Details
    Title:
    Linux Pocket Guide
    By:
    Daniel J. Barrett
    Publisher:
    O'Reilly Media
    Formats:
    • Print
    • Ebook
    • Safari Books Online
    Print Release:
    February 2004
    Ebook Release:
    June 2009
    Pages:
    204
    Print ISBN:
    978-0-596-00628-0
    | ISBN 10:
    0-596-00628-4
    Ebook ISBN:
    978-0-596-55643-3
    | ISBN 10:
    0-596-55643-8
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    About the Author
    1. Daniel J. Barrett

      Dan Barrett has been immersed in Internet technology since 1985. Currently working as a software engineer, Dan has also been a heavy metal singer, Unix system administrator, university lecturer, web designer, and humorist. He has written several O'Reilly books, as well as monthly columns for Compute! and Keyboard Magazine. Dan and his family reside in Boston.

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