Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell
Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell A Desktop Quick Reference By Andy Lester, Chris Stone, Chuck Toporek, Jason McIntosh
November 2005
Pages: 516

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Table of Contents

  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

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