UNIX A Desktop Quick Reference for System V Release 4 and Solaris 7

Name: UNIX A Desktop Quick Reference for System V Release 4 and Solaris 7
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Edition: 3rd 1999

Authors: Arnold Robbins, Frank Willison

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You may have seen Unix quick-reference guides, but you've never seen anything like "UNIX in a Nutshell. Not a scaled-down quick reference of common commands, "UNIX in a Nutshell is a complete reference containing all commands and options, along with generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in context. For all but the thorniest Unix problems, this one reference should be all the documentation you need. The third edition of "UNIX in a Nutshell includes thorough coverage of System V Release 4. To that, author Arnold Robbins has added the latest information about: Sixty new commands in "The Alphabetical Summary of CommandsSolaris 7Shell syntax ("sh, "csh, and the 1988 and 1993…

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List price: $29.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/21/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Arnold Robbins, an Atlanta native, is a professional programmer and technical author. He has been working with Unix systems since 1980, when he was introduced to a PDP-11 running a version of Sixth Edition Unix. His experience also includes multiple commercial Unix systems, from Sun, IBM, HP and DEC. He has been working with GNU/Linux systems since 1996. He likes his Macintosh laptop, but it has been commandeered by one of his daughters. Arnold has also 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…



Preface



Commands and Shells



Introduction


Merging the Traditions


Bundling


What's in the Quick Reference


Beginner's Guide


Guide for Users of BSD-Derived Systems


Solaris: Standard Compliant Programs



Unix Commands


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



The Unix Shell: An Overview


Introduction to the Shell


Purpose of the Shell


Shell Flavors


Common Features


Differing Features



The Bourne Shell and Korn Shell


Overview of Features


Syntax


Variables


Arithmetic Expressions


Command History


Job Control


Invoking the Shell


Restricted Shells


Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells)



The C Shell


Overview of Features


Syntax


Variables


Expressions


Command History


Job Control


Invoking the Shell


Built-in C Shell Commands



Text Editing and Processing



Pattern Matching


Filenames Versus Patterns


Metacharacters, Listed by Unix Program


Metacharacters


Examples of Searching



The Emacs Editor


Introduction


Summary of Commands by Group


Summary of Commands by Key


Summary of Commands by Name



The vi Editor


Review of vi Operations


Movement Commands


Edit Commands


Saving and Exiting


Accessing Multiple Files


Interacting with Unix


Macros


Miscellaneous Commands


Alphabetical List of Keys


Setting Up vi



The ex Editor


Syntax of ex Commands


Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands



The sed Editor


Conceptual Overview


Command-Line Syntax


Syntax of sed Commands


Group Summary of sed Commands


Alphabetical Summary of sed Commands



The awk Programming Language


Conceptual Overview


Command-Line Syntax


Patterns and Procedures


Built-in Variables


Operators


Variables and Array Assignments


User-Defined Functions


Group Listing of awk Functions and Commands


Implementation Limits


Alphabetical Summary of Functions and Commands



Text Formatting



nroff and troff


Introduction


Command-Line Invocation


Conceptual Overview


Default Operation of Requests


Group Summary of Requests


Alphabetical Summary of Requests


Escape Sequences


Predefined Registers


Special Characters



mm Macros


Alphabetical Summary of mm Macros


Predefined String Names


Number Registers Used in mm


Other Reserved Macro and String Names


Sample Document



ms Macros


Alphabetical Summary of ms Macros


Number Registers for Page Layout


Reserved Macro and String Names


Reserved Number Register Names


Sample Document



me Macros


Alphabetical Summary of me Macros


Predefined Strings


Predefined Number Registers


Sample Document



man Macros


Alphabetical Summary of man Macros


Predefined Strings


Internal Names


Sample Document



troff Preprocessors


tbl


eqn


pic


refer



Software Development



The Source Code Control System


Introduction


Overview of Commands


Basic Operation


Identification Keywords


Data Keywords


Alphabetical Summary of SCCS Commands


sccs and Pseudo-Commands



The Revision Control System


Overview of Commands


Basic Operation


General RCS Specifications


Conversion Guide for SCCS Users


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



The make Utility


Conceptual Overview


Command-Line Syntax


Description File Lines


Macros


Special Target Names


Writing Command Lines


Sample Default Macros, Suffixes, and Rules



Appendixes



ASCII Character Set



Obsolete Commands


Bibliography


Index