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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Logging On to the System | |
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| Why Study UNIX/Linux? | |
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| Logging On to a System | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Touring Essential Programs | |
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| Surveying the Development of UNIX and Linux | |
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| Issuing Commands to Execute Utilities | |
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| Communicating Instructions to the Shell | |
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| Navigating the Filesystem | |
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| Examining and Managing Files | |
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| Accessing the Programmer's Manual | |
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| Accessing Internet Resources | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Touring Utilities and System Features | |
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| Employing Fundamental Utilities | |
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| Starting Additional Linux Terminal Sessions | |
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| Managing Input and Output | |
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| Employing Special Characters in Command Lines | |
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| Modifying the User Environment | |
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| Surveying Elements of a Functioning System | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Mastering the Visual Editor | |
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| Introducing the Visual Editor | |
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| Working in an Existing File with vi | |
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| Touring the Visual Editor | |
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| Quickly Moving around in a File | |
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| Adding Text to a File | |
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| Avoiding Confusion Entering Commands to Shell and vi | |
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| Deleting Text from a File | |
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| Undoing Editing Commands | |
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| Creating New Files with the Visual Editor | |
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| Making Text Changes | |
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| Moving and Copying Text | |
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| Writing the File and Quitting the Editor | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Exploring Utilities | |
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| Examining the Contents of Files | |
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| Selecting Portions of a File with cut | |
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| Putting Lines Together with paste | |
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| Formatting Output with the Column Utility | |
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| Searching for Lines Containing a Target String with grep | |
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| Performing Mathematical Calculations | |
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| Ordering the Lines of a File with sort | |
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| Identifying and Removing Duplicate Lines | |
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| Comparing the Contents of Files with comm | |
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| Examining Differences between Files | |
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| Translating Characters with tr | |
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| Listing Names of Files and Directories | |
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| Editing from the Command Line with the Stream Editor | |
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| Manipulating Data with awk | |
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| Sending Output to a File and to Another Utility | |
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| Using file to Determine the Type of a File | |
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| Modifying Timestamps on Files | |
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| Employing Multiple Utilities to Achieve Broader Goals | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Using Utilities to Accomplish Complex Tasks | |
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| Creating and Executing a Script to List User Information | |
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| Listing Directories and Files Separately | |
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| Identifying Changes Made to Files in a Directory | |
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| Creating a Complex Word Analysis Script | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Creating and Changing Directories | |
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| Employing Directories to Create Order | |
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| Managing Files in Directories | |
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| Using Pathnames to Manage Files in Directories | |
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| Accessing Files in Remote Directories Using All Methods | |
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| Managing Files from More Than One Directory | |
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| Moving and Removing Directories and Their Contents | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Specifying Instructions to the Shell | |
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| Examining Shell Command-Line Execution | |
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| Shell Command-Line Expansion | |
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| Customizing How the Shell Functions | |
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| Employing Advanced User Features | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Setting and Using Permissions | |
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| Describing File Permissions | |
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| Using Execute Permissions with a File | |
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| Changing File Permissions Using Mnemonics | |
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| Changing File Permissions Numerically | |
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| Changing Permissions for Group and Other | |
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| Exploring the Effect of Granting Different Permissions | |
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| Modifying Directory Permissions | |
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| Changing Permissions for Files in All Subdirectories | |
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| Identifying Other System Permissions | |
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| Setting Permissions When Files and Directories Are Created | |
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| Examining the Impact of umask on Other Operations | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Controlling User Processes | |
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| Processing Processes | |
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| Managing Jobs | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Locating, Printing, and Archiving User Files | |
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| Creating a Long File | |
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| Splitting Long Files | |
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| Locating Files with find | |
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| Printing Your Heart Out | |
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| Archiving Files | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Accessing and Exploring Graphical Desktops | |
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| Starting the X Window System from a Terminal | |
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| Exploring the Graphical Desktop Environment | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Maintaining and Administering a Linux System | |
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| Introducing Super User Powers | |
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| Exploring System Files, Processes and Features | |
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| Managing System Startup and Shutdown | |
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| Managing Users | |
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| Backing Up User Data | |
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| Installing Application Packages from the CD | |
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| Installing a Printer | |
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| Maintaining a Secure System | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Command Summary | |
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| Installing Red Hat Linux 7.3 | |
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| Preparing to Install Red Hat Linux | |
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| Installing Linux on a PC | |
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| Summary | |
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| Index | |