How Linux Works, 3rd Edition

Index

Please note that index links to approximate location of each term.

Numbers and Symbols

., 17. See also directory, current

/. See directory, root

.., 17. See also directory, parent

#, 13

#!. See shebang

$, 12–13. See also shell, prompt

$#, 297

$$, 33, 298

$0, 297

$1, 296

$?, 298. See also exit code

$@, 297

&&, 300–301

*, 18–19. See also glob

|, 28–29. See also pipe

||, 300–301

<. See file, redirect command input from

<<. See here document

>. See file, redirect command output to

>>. See file, redirect command output to

?, 18–19. See also glob

[, 299. See also test

~, 17

A

abstraction, 1–2

administrator. See root

AFS (Andrew File System), 333–334

alias, 339

ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture), 55–56

Apple partition. See filesystem, HFS+ ...