Linux Pocket Guide

Name: Linux Pocket Guide
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ISBN: 9780596006280

ISBN-10: 0596006284

ISBN-13: 9780596006280

Edition: 2004

Authors: Daniel J. Barrett

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O'Reilly's Pocket Guides have earned a reputation as inexpensive, comprehensive, and compact guides that have the stuff but not the fluff. Every page of "Linux Pocket Guide lives up to this billing. It clearly explains how to get up to speed quickly on day-to-day Linux use. Once you're up and running, "Linux Pocket Guide provides an easy-to-use reference that you can keep by your keyboard for those times when you want a fast, useful answer, not hours in the man pages. "Linux Pocket Guide is organized the way you use Linux: by function, not just alphabetically. It's not the 'bible of Linux; it's a practical and concise guide to the options and commands you need most. It starts with general…

Book details

List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 204
Size: 4.50" wide x 7.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Daniel J. Barrett has been immersed in Internet technology since 1985. Currently working as a software engineer, Dan has also been a heavy metal singer, Unix system administrator, university lecturer, web designer, and humorist. He is the author of O'Reilly's Linux Pocket Guide, and is the coauthor of Linux Security Cookbook, and the first edition of SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide. He also writes monthly columns for Compute! and Keyboard Magazine, and articles for the O'Reilly Network.



What's in This Book?


What's Linux?


What's Fedora Linux?


What's a Command?


Users and Superusers


Reading This Book


Getting Help


Fedora: A First View


The Role of the Shell


How to Run a Shell


Logins, Logouts, and Shutdowns


The Filesystem


Home Directories


System Directories


Operating System Directories


File Protections


The Shell


The Shell Versus Programs


Selected bash Features


Job Control


Killing a Command in Progress


Terminating a Shell


Tailoring Shell Behavior


Installing Software


Basic File Operations


Directory Operations


File Viewing


File Creation and Editing


File Properties


File Location


File Text Manipulation


File Compression and Packaging


File Comparison


Disks and Filesystems


Backups and Remote Storage


File Printing


Spelling Operations


Viewing Processes


Controlling Processes


User and Their Environment


Working with User Accounts


Becoming the Superuser


Working with Groups


Basic Host Information


Host Location


Network Connections


Email


Web Browsing


Usenet News


Instant Messaging


Screen Output


Math and Calculations


Dates and Times


Scheduling Jobs


Graphics and Screensavers


Audio and Video


Programming with Shell Scripts


Whitespace and Linebreaks


Variables


Input and Output


Booleans and Return Codes


Conditionals


Loops


Break and Continue


Creating and Running Shell Scripts


Command-Line Arguments


Exiting with a Return Code


Beyond Shell Scripting


Final Words


Acknowledgments