Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page xiii The following text was added to the page |
We have a web site for the book, where we'll list |
Anonymous | Feb 01, 2000 | |
Printed | Page xiii |
In the middle of the page, the email address read: |
Anonymous | Feb 01, 2000 | |
Printed | Page 25 In line 1 [comm -num], "Suppress printing of column num", |
made "num" italic. |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 45 In line 4 [egrep -A num], changed "before" to "after" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 45 In line 6 [egrep -B num], changed "after" to "before" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 69 In the synopsis |
"grep [options] pat [files]" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 69 Also, in introductory description, changed "a regular |
expression regexp" to "a regular expression pattern" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 70 In line 23 [grep -A num], changed "before" to "after" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 70 In line 25 [grep -B num], changed "after" to "before" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 85-86 After line 20 to 86 line 5, ([less :n] to [less !]) |
Descriptions are no longer printed in bold type. |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 85 In the second item from bottom, changed "cmd" to "command" |
in both left column and text in right column. |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 86 On line 3, changed the ! on the left to |
! [command] |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 125 On line 11 from the bottom of the page, changed |
"segements" to "segments" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 157 On lines 10 and 11 from the bottom[-H, --heading]: right |
aligned them with the options above. |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 188 In first example |
for $file in * |
Anonymous | Jun 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 206 In line 7 from the bottom, moved "The history character" |
to the right to align with other columns above and below. |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 207 |
Line 3 used to read: |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 228 In line 9 [alias; last of the Examples] replaced the |
single quote after ".ol" with "d" so it reads .old |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 241 On line 13 from the bottom [set; first of Examples], |
changed "(yes no mabye)" to "(yes no maybe)" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 262 On line 20 [C-x 2], changed "split-window-horizontally" to |
"split-window-vertically" and changed "horizontally" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 262 On line 25 [C-x 3], changed "split-window-vertically" to |
"split-window-horizontally", and changed "vertically" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 262 On line 25 [C-x 3], moved the item C-x 3 up so it's |
after C-x 2 and before C-x 4 b |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 267 [split-window-horizontally] Changed "C-x 2" to "C-x 3" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 267 [split-window-vertically] Changed "C-x 3" to "C-x 2" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 284 |
In the last paragraph before heading, changed sentence to read: |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 342 On line 2 from the bottom, changed "Sofware" to "Software" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 350 |
On line -11 [make -W file...], changed line to read: |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 353 On the ${%D) on line 5 and the ${%F} on line 9, changed |
curly braces to parentheses, like the other macros. |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 408 Under the section "Regular Expressions," between $ and (||), |
the line read: |
Anonymous | Feb 01, 2000 | |
Printed | Page 466 In line 4 from the bottom, changed "dislays" to "displays" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 482 On lines 4 to 7 [host -H zone], moved down the -H option so |
it's in alphabetical order between "-G" and "-I" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 502 On line 8 [lpd], changed "which specifies informatin" to |
"which specifies information" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 548 The tar command is listed as a system and network administration |
command. It should be listed on p. 134 as a user command. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 551 In the [-L option], changed "--tape-lgenth=" to "--tape-length=" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 589 |
Eleven lines up from the bottom, the path used to read: |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 |