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 iii replaced CA office's address with list of cities |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | ||
Printed | Page xvi changed 103 Morris, Suite A to 101 Morris |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | ||
Printed | Page i and iii removed the referee pictures from these pages |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page iii replaced CA office's address with list of cities |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page xvi changed 103 Morris, Suite A to 101 Morris |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page index The entry for zcat command now refers to page 2-122, not 2-123. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page xvi deleted line with "uunet!" address |
Anonymous | May 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page xii changed "Command Index" to "Index" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page index the whole index is new. You can send mail to booktech@oreilly.com |
for more information. |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page xvi changed all instances of "ora.com" to "oreilly.com" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page xii The index page number should be I-1. |
Anonymous | |||
Printed | Page I-14 |
Index, reads: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1-5 fixed mismatched quotes around "beautifier" |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | ||
Printed | Page 1-5 fixed mismatched quotes around "beautifier" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 1-2 para. 2: "Bundling lets you to select only the components..." |
should be "Bundling allows you to select only the components..." |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 2-17 cmp: added to end of para. under command: "The exit codes |
are as follows:" and moved the exit codes from under -s to after the |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | |
Printed | Page 2-19 cp: Added sentence to end of 1st text para.: "If one of the |
inputs is a directory, use the -r option." "-r" is in bold. |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | |
Printed | Page 2-40 egrep: line 2 of text: changed "regular expressions" to |
"metacharacters" |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | |
Printed | Page 2-41 expr: added after 1st sentence: "Strings can be compared and |
searched." |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | |
Printed | Page 2-65 lprm: put "/usr/ucb/lprm" in bold |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | ||
Printed | Page 2-96 sort: changed description of -tc option to "Fields are |
separated with c (default is any white space)." where c is in italics. |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | |
Printed | Page 2-96 sort: -ykmem option: added "(in kilobytes)" after "amount of memory". |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | ||
Printed | Page 2-97 split: changed 1st sentence to "Split infile into several |
files of equal length." where "infile" is in itals. |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | |
Printed | Page 2-98 split: changed description of -n to "Split infile into |
files, each n lines long (default is 1000)." where "infile" and "n" |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | |
Printed | Page 2-104 tail: 1st example: changed "'.Ah'" to "'.Ah'" |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | ||
Printed | Page 2-113 uniq: last example: changed ""3 "" to ""^ *3 "" |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1996 | ||
Printed | Page 2-17 cmp: added to end of para. under command: "The exit codes |
are as follows:" and moved the exit codes from under -s to after the |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 2-19 cp: Added sentence to end of 1st text para.: "If one of the |
inputs is a directory, use the -r option." "-r" is in bold. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 2-40 egrep: line 2 of text: changed "regular expressions" to |
"metacharacters" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 2-41 expr: added after 1st sentence: "Strings can be compared and |
searched." |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 2-65 lprm: put "/usr/ucb/lprm" in bold |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 2-96 sort: changed description of -tc option to "Fields are |
separated with c (default is any white space)." where c is in italics. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 2-96 sort: -ykmem option: added "(in kilobytes)" after "amount of memory". |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 2-97 split: changed 1st sentence to "Split infile into several |
files of equal length." where "infile" is in itals. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 2-98 split: changed description of -n to "Split infile into |
files, each n lines long (default is 1000)." where "infile" and "n" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 2-104 tail: 1st example: changed "'.Ah'" to "'.Ah'" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 2-113 uniq: last example: changed ""3 "" to ""^ *3 "" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 2-105 |
The last line of code under "Examples" reads: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 4-20 The description of the if command at the bottom of the page now |
reads: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 4-28 |
The sentences that read: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 5-3 |
The example at the bottom of the page read: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 5-4 |
The third line on the page read: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 6-2 In the Metacharacters table, under the vi column against the |
'Store pattern for later replay' action, there is now a dot. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 6-3 ( ) entry: made the quotes around "replayed" match |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 10-9 For sed command "P" |
changed the 1st code bock, the subsequent line, |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 10-9 (Section 3) Reads |
[address]r AEle |
Anonymous | May 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 10-9 (Section 4) Reads |
[address1][,address2]s/pattern/replacement/[0ags] |
Anonymous | May 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 11-9 "if" entry: added parens around "$1 ~ /[Aa].*/" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 11-9 changed "index(substr,str)" to "index(str,substr)" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 16-7 Above the table of Greek characters in eqn |
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Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 18-11 "merge" entry, "-L text3" option: changed "file1" to |
"file3" and 1st "text1" to "text3" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1997 |