Linux Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Linux Pocket Guide
2. 1. Linux Pocket Guide
   1. What’s in This Book?
      1. What’s Linux?
      2. What’s a Distro?
      3. What’s a Command?
      4. Reading This Book
         1. Shell prompts
         2. Keystrokes
         3. Your friend, the echo command
   2. Getting Help
   3. Linux: A First View
      1. The Graphical Desktop
      2. Running a Shell
      3. Input and Output
      4. Users and Superusers
   4. The Filesystem
      1. Home Directories
      2. System Directories
         1. Directory path part 1: category
         2. Directory path part 2: scope
         3. Directory path part 3: application
      3. Operating System Directories
      4. File Protections
   5. The Shell
      1. The Shell Versus Programs
      2. Selected Features of the bash Shell
         1. Wildcards
         2. Brace expansion
         3. Shell variables
         4. Search path
         5. Aliases
         6. Input/output redirection
         7. Pipes
         8. Combining commands
         9. Quoting
         10. Escaping
         11. Command-line editing
         12. Command history
         13. Filename completion
      3. Shell Job Control
         1. jobs
         2. &
         3. ^Z
         4. suspend
         5. bg
         6. fg
      4. Killing a Command in Progress
      5. Terminating a Shell
      6. Tailoring Shell Behavior
   6. Basic File Operations
      1. ls
      2. cp
      3. mv
      4. rm
      5. ln
   7. Directory Operations
      1. cd
      2. pwd
      3. basename
      4. dirname
      5. mkdir
      6. rmdir
   8. File Viewing
      1. cat
      2. less
      3. head
      4. tail
      5. nl
      6. strings
      7. od
      8. xxd
      9. acroread
      10. gv
      11. xdvi
   9. File Creation and Editing
      1. Creating a File Quickly
      2. Your Default Editor
         1. emacs
         2. vim
         3. soffice
         4. abiword
         5. gnumeric
   10. File Properties
       1. stat
       2. wc
       3. du
       4. file
       5. touch
       6. chown
       7. chgrp
       8. chmod
       9. umask
       10. chattr
       11. lsattr
   11. File Location
       1. find
       2. xargs
       3. locate
       4. which
       5. type
       6. whereis
   12. File Text Manipulation
       1. grep
       2. egrep
       3. fgrep
       4. cut
       5. paste
       6. tr
       7. sort
       8. uniq
       9. tee
   13. File Compression and Packaging
       1. tar
       2. gzip
       3. bzip2
       4. compress
       5. zip
       6. metamail
   14. File Comparison
       1. diff
       2. comm
       3. cmp
       4. md5sum
   15. Printing
       1. lpr
       2. lpq
       3. lprm
   16. Spell Checking
       1. look
       2. aspell
       3. spell
   17. Disks and Filesystems
       1. df
       2. mount
       3. umount
       4. fsck
       5. sync
   18. Backups and Remote Storage
       1. dump
       2. restore
       3. cdrecord
       4. rsync
       5. mt
   19. Viewing Processes
       1. ps
       2. uptime
       3. w
       4. top
       5. gnome-system-monitor
       6. xload
       7. free
   20. Controlling Processes
       1. kill
       2. nice
       3. renice
   21. Scheduling Jobs
       1. sleep
       2. watch
       3. at
       4. crontab
   22. Logins, Logouts, and Shutdowns
       1. shutdown
   23. Users and Their Environment
       1. logname
       2. whoami
       3. id
       4. who
       5. users
       6. finger
       7. last
       8. printenv
   24. User Account Management
       1. useradd
       2. userdel
       3. usermod
       4. passwd
       5. chfn
       6. chsh
   25. Becoming the Superuser
   26. Group Management
       1. groups
       2. groupadd
       3. groupdel
       4. groupmod
   27. Host Information
       1. uname
       2. hostname
       3. ip
       4. ifconfig
   28. Host Location
       1. host
       2. whois
       3. ping
       4. traceroute
   29. Network Connections
       1. ssh
       2. telnet
       3. scp
       4. sftp
       5. ftp
   30. Email
       1. thunderbird
       2. evolution
       3. mutt
       4. mail
       5. mailq
   31. Web Browsing
       1. firefox
       2. lynx
       3. wget
   32. Usenet News
       1. slrn
   33. Instant Messaging
       1. pidgin
       2. talk
       3. write
       4. mesg
       5. tty
   34. Screen Output
       1. echo
       2. printf
       3. yes
       4. seq
       5. clear
   35. Math and Calculations
       1. xcalc
       2. expr
       3. dc
   36. Dates and Times
       1. xclock
       2. cal
       3. date
       4. ntpdate
   37. Graphics and Screensavers
       1. eog
       2. geeqie
       3. ksnapshot
       4. gimp
       5. dia
       6. gnuplot
       7. xscreensaver
   38. Audio
       1. amarok
       2. grip
       3. cdparanoia
       4. lame
       5. id3tag
       6. audacity
       7. k3b
   39. Video
       1. mplayer
       2. gxine
       3. kino
       4. HandBrake
   40. Installing Software
       1. yum
       2. rpm
       3. aptitude
   41. Programming with Shell Scripts
       1. Whitespace and Linebreaks
       2. Variables
       3. Input and Output
       4. Booleans and Return Codes
          1. test and “[”
          2. true and false
       5. Conditionals
       6. Loops
       7. Break and Continue
       8. Creating and Running Shell Scripts
       9. Command-Line Arguments
       10. Exiting with a Return Code
       11. Beyond Shell Scripting
   42. Final Words
       1. Acknowledgments
3. Index
4. About the Author
5. Copyright