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Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Aaron Weber
June 2003
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
944 pages
43h 1m
English
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Beginner’s Guide

If you’re just beginning to work on a Linux system, the abundance of commands might prove daunting. To help orient you, the following lists present a sampling of commands on various topics.

Communication

ftp

File Transfer Protocol.

login

Sign on.

rlogin

Sign on to remote system.

rsh

Run shell or single command on remote system (not particularly secure).

ssh

Run shell or single command on remote system (secure).

talk

Exchange messages interactively with other terminals.

telnet

Connect to another system.

tftp

Trivial File Transfer Protocol.

uudecode

Decode file prepared for mailing by uuencode.

uuencode

Encode file containing binary characters for mailing.

vacation

Respond to mail automatically.

Comparisons

cmp

Compare two files, byte by byte.

comm

Compare items in two sorted files.

diff

Compare two files, line by line.

diff3

Compare three files.

File Management

cat

Concatenate files or display them.

chfn

Change user information for finger, email, etc.

cksum

Compute checksum.

chmod

Change access modes on files.

chsh

Change login shell.

cp

Copy files.

csplit

Split a file into pieces with a specific size or at specific locations.

dd

Copy files in raw disk form.

file

Determine a file’s type.

head

Show the first few lines of a file.

less

Display files by screenful.

ln

Create filename aliases.

ls

List files or directories.

merge

Merge changes from different ...

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ISBN: 0596004826