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Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger

Errata for Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger

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Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed
Page xviii
1st paragraph

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lunixtiger/
->
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009151/

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 Anonymous    May 01, 2007
Printed
Page 6
1st sentence, last paragraph

Thought I don't always need the power,...
->
Though I don't always need the power,...

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 Anonymous    May 01, 2007
Printed
Page 8
the box titled "Displaying All Unix Commands"

To quickly see all of the binary executables -- Unix programs --
on your system, open the Terminal, hold down the Shift key, and
press Esc-?, or press Control-X followed by Shift-1 (using Shift-1
to get an exclamation mark).

->

To quickly see all of the binary executables -- Unix programs --
on your system, open the Terminal and hit the Tab key twice. You'll
be asked if you want the system to "Display all 1157 possibilities?
(y or n)". If you do, hit the Y key; if not, hit N.

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 Anonymous    May 01, 2007
Printed
Page 16
3rd bullet item, 2nd paragraph

Some commands, such as who (shown earlier in this chapter), have
arguments that aren't filenames.
->
Some commands, such as who, have arguments that aren't filenames.

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 Anonymous    May 01, 2007
Printed
Page 29
Title of the third paragraph

File -> Paste Escaped Text
->
Edit -> Paste Escaped Text

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Anonymous    May 01, 2007
Printed
Page 81
Listing under "Exploring External Volumes"

Panther
->
Tiger

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 Anonymous    May 01, 2007