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| Preface | |
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| Welcome to Linux | |
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| The GNU-Linux Connection | |
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| The Heritage of Linux: UNIX | |
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| What Is So Good About Linux? | |
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| Overview of Linux | |
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| Additional Features of Linux | |
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| The Linux Operating System | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| Logging In | |
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| Working with the Shell | |
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| Curbing Your Power: Superuser Access | |
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| Getting the Facts: Where to Find Documentation | |
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| More About Logging In | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| Command Line Utilities | |
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| Special Characters | |
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| Basic Utilities | |
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| Working with Files | |
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| (Pipe): Communicates Between Processes | |
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| Four More Utilities | |
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| Compressing and Archiving Files | |
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| Locating Commands | |
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| Obtaining User and System Information | |
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| Communicating with Other Users | |
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| Email | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| The Linux Filesystem | |
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| The Hierarchical Filesystem | |
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| Directory and Ordinary Files | |
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| Working with Directories | |
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| Access Permissions | |
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| Links | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| The Shell | |
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| The Command Line | |
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| Standard Input and Standard Output | |
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| Running a Program in the Background | |
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| Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion | |
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| Builtins | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| The Editors | |
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| The vim Editor | |
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| History | |
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| Tutorial: Creating and Editing a File with vim | |
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| The compatible Parameter | |
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| Introduction to vim Features | |
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| Command Mode: Moving the Cursor | |
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| Input Mode | |
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| Command Mode: Deleting and Changing Text | |
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| Searching and Substituting | |
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| Miscellaneous Commands | |
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| Yank, Put, and Delete Commands | |
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| Reading and Writing Files | |
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| Setting Parameters | |
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| Advanced Editing Techniques | |
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| Units of Measure | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| The emacs Editor | |
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| History | |
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| Tutorial: Getting Started with emacs | |
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| Basic Editing Commands | |
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| Online Help | |
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| Advanced Editing | |
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| Language-Sensitive Editing | |
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| Customizing emacs | |
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| More Information | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| The Shells | |
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| The Bourne Again Shell | |
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| Background | |
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| Shell Basics | |
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| Parameters and Variables | |
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| Processes | |
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| History | |
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| Aliases | |
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| Functions | |
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| Controlling bash Features and Options | |
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| Processing the Command Line | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| The TC Shell | |
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| Shell Scripts | |
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| Entering and Leaving the TC Shell | |
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| Features Common to the Bourne Again and TC Shells | |
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| Redirecting Standard Error | |
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| Working with the Command Line | |
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| Variables | |
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| Control Structures | |
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| Builtins | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| Programming Tools | |
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| Programming Tools | |
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| Programming in C | |
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| Using Shared Libraries | |
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| Make: Keeps a Set of Programs Current | |
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| Debugging C Programs | |
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| Threads | |
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| System Calls | |
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| Source Code Management | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| Programming the Bourne Again Shell | |
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| Control Structures 436 | |
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| File Descriptors | |
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| Parameters and Variables | |
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| Builtin Commands | |
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| Expressions | |
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| Shell Programs | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Advanced Exercises | |
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| The gawk | |