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Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition

By
Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Released:
September 2009
Pages:
944

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
Everything you need to know about Linux is right in this book. The latest edition of this popular reference offers a tighter focus on Linux system essentials, as well as more coverage of new capabilities such as wireless network management, DVD recording, and revision control with git. Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition thoroughly covers programming and administration tools, editors, and the shell, and highlights the most important options for using the vast number of Linux commands.
Full Description
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. GRUB: The Grand Unified Bootloader

    4. GRUB Commands

    5. Dual-Booting Linux and Windows 2000/XP/Vista

    6. Boot-Time Kernel Options

    7. initrd: Using a RAM Disk

  5. Chapter 5 Package Management

    1. Yum: Yellowdog Updater Modified

    2. The Red Hat Package Manager

    3. The Debian Package Manager

  6. Chapter 6 The Bash Shell

    1. Overview of Features

    2. Invoking the Shell

    3. Syntax

    4. Functions

    5. Variables

    6. Arithmetic Expressions

    7. Command History

    8. Job Control

    9. Command Execution

    10. Restricted Shells

    11. Built-in Commands

  7. Chapter 7 Pattern Matching

    1. Filenames Versus Patterns

    2. Metacharacters

    3. Metacharacters, Listed by Program

    4. Examples of Searching

  8. Chapter 8 The Emacs Editor

    1. Conceptual Overview

    2. Command-Line Syntax

    3. Summary of Commands by Group

    4. Summary of Commands by Key

    5. Summary of Commands by Name

  9. Chapter 9 The vi, ex, and vim Editors

    1. Conceptual Overview

    2. Command-Line Syntax

    3. Review of vi Operations

    4. vi Commands

    5. vi Configuration

    6. ex Basics

    7. Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands

  10. Chapter 10 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

  11. Chapter 11 The gawk Programming Language

    1. Conceptual Overview

    2. Command-Line Syntax

    3. Patterns and Procedures

    4. Built-in Variables

    5. Operators

    6. Variable and Array Assignment

    7. User-Defined Functions

    8. gawk-Specific Features

    9. Implementation Limits

    10. Group Listing of awk Functions and Commands

    11. Alphabetical Summary of awk Functions and Commands

  12. Chapter 12 Source Code Management: An Overview

    1. Introduction and Terminology

    2. Usage Models

    3. Source Code Management Systems

    4. Other Source Code Management Systems

  13. Chapter 13 The Subversion Version Control System

    1. Conceptual Overview

    2. The Subversion Command Line Client: svn

    3. Repository Administration: svnadmin

    4. Examining the Repository: svnlook

    5. Providing Remote Access: svnserve

  14. Chapter 14 The Git Version Control System

    1. Conceptual Overview

    2. Using Git: A Quick Tour

    3. The Git Command Line Client: git

  15. Chapter 15 Virtualization Command-Line Tools

    1. Conceptual Overview

    2. Basic Virtualization Operations

    3. Xen

    4. KVM

    5. libvirt and Red Hat Virtual Machine Manager

    6. libvirt and Virtual Machine Manager Commands

    7. VMware ESX 3.5

    8. VMware Networking

  1. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition
By:
Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
September 2009
Ebook Release:
September 2009
Pages:
944
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-15448-6
| ISBN 10:
0-596-15448-8
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-80611-8
| ISBN 10:
0-596-80611-6
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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 coauthored 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 Figgins

    Stephen Figgins honed many of his computer skills while working as O'Reilly's book answer guy. A life long learner with many interests, Stephen draws on many resources to make difficult topics understandable and accessible.

    Now living in Lawrence, Kansas, he administrates Linux servers for Sunflower Broadband, a cable company. When not found working with computers, writing, or spending time with his family, you will likely find him outdoors. Stephen teaches wilderness awareness and living skills.

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  3. Robert Love

    Robert Love has been a Linux user and hacker since the early days. He is active in--and passionate about--the Linux kernel and GNOME desktop communities. His recent contributions to the Linux kernel include work on the kernel event layer and inotify. GNOME-related contributions include Beagle, GNOME Volume Manager, NetworkManager, and Project Utopia. Currently, Robert works in the Open Source Program Office at Google.

    Robert is the author of Linux Kernel Development (SAMS 2005) and the co-author of Linux in a Nutshell (2006 O'Reilly). He is also a Contributing Editor at Linux Journal. He is currently working on a new work for O'Reilly that will be the greatest book ever written, give or take. Robert holds a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Florida. A proud Gator, Robert was born in South Florida but currently calls home Cambridge, MA.

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  4. Arnold Robbins

    Arnold Robbins, an Atlanta native, is a professional programmer and technical author. He has worked with Unix systems since 1980, when he was introduced to a PDP-11 running a version of Sixth Edition Unix. He has been a heavy AWK user since 1987, when he became involved with gawk, the GNU project's version of AWK. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. He is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is also coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor. Since late 1997, he and his family have been living happily in Israel.

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Colophon

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