1. Commands and Shells

   1. Chapter 1 Introduction

      1. What You'll Find
      2. Beginner's Guide

   2. Chapter 2 Unix Command Reference

      1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands

   3. Chapter 3 Using the Terminal

      1. Using the Terminal
      2. Process Management

   4. Chapter 4 Shell Overview

      1. Introduction to the Shell
      2. Shell Flavors
      3. Common Features
      4. Differing Features

   5. Chapter 5 bash: The Bourne-Again Shell

      1. Invoking the Shell
      2. Syntax
      3. Variables
      4. Arithmetic Expressions
      5. Command History
      6. Job Control
      7. Built-in Commands

2. Text Editing and Processing

   1. Chapter 6 Pattern Matching

      1. Filenames Versus Patterns
      2. Metacharacters, Listed by Unix Program
      3. Metacharacters
      4. Examples of Searching

   2. Chapter 7 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. Window Commands
      9. Interacting with the Shell
      10. Macros
      11. Miscellaneous Commands
      12. Alphabetical List of Keys in Command Mode
      13. Syntax of ex Commands
      14. Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands
      15. vi Configuration

   3. Chapter 8 The Emacs Editor

      1. Emacs Concepts
      2. Typical Problems
      3. Notes on the Tables
      4. Summary of Commands by Group
      5. Summary of Commands by Key
      6. Summary of Commands by Name

3. Managing Mac OS X

   1. Chapter 9 Filesystem Overview

      1. Mac OS X Filesystems
      2. Filesystem Organization
      3. Hidden Files
      4. The File Permissions System

   2. Chapter 10 Directory Services

      1. Understanding Directory Services
      2. Programming with Directory Services
      3. Configuring Directory Services
      4. NetInfo Manager
      5. Directory Services Utilities
      6. Managing Groups
      7. Managing Users and Passwords
      8. Managing Hostnames and IP Addresses
      9. Exporting Directories with NFS
      10. Flat Files and Their Directory Services Counterparts
      11. Restoring the Directory Services Database

   3. Chapter 11 Running Network Services

      1. Network Services Overview
      2. Running Services in Mac OS X
      3. Mail Services
      4. Web Services
      5. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
      6. Remote Login Services
      7. File Sharing Services
      8. Daemon Management

   4. Chapter 12 The X Window System

      1. Installing X11
      2. Running X11
      3. Customizing X11
      4. X11-based Applications and Libraries
      5. Connecting to Other X Window Systems
      6. Virtual Network Computing

   5. Chapter 13 The Defaults System

      1. Property Lists
      2. Viewing and Editing Property Lists

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects.

The animal on the cover of Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell is a Siberian tiger. The Siberian tiger is the largest member of the cat family, including lions. A male averages 7 to 9 feet in length, and it usually weighs about 500 pounds. A female weighs slightly less, averaging about 300 pounds. This animal is native to Siberia and parts of China. Its fur color ranges from yellow to orange, with black stripes, although a few white tigers with black stripes have been spotted. The fur is long and thick, to help the animal survive its native cold climates. An interesting fact about tiger stripes is that the pattern of each tiger's stripes is unique to that tiger. Therefore, stripes are a useful tool for identifying different tigers.

The Siberian tiger is endangered. Although there are about 1,000 living in captivity, only about 200 to 300 live in the wild. This is partly due to industrial encroachment on its natural habitat, limiting the tiger's hunting resources. Poaching is also a serious problem; in some areas of the world, tiger parts are thought to have great medicinal value, so these parts bring great financial gain to sellers.

Philip Dangler was the production editor, and Linley Dolby was the copyeditor for Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell . Philip Dangler proofread the book. Darren Kelly and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Julie Hawks wrote the index. Emma Colby designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is an original illustration created by Susan Hart. Karen Montgomery produced the cover layout with Adobe InDesign CS using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Keith Fahlgren to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing. This colophon was written by Mary Brady.