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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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Name

setkey

Synopsis

                     setkey [to-key from-key]

Configure the keyboard map for GRUB by mapping the key from-key to the key to-key. With no mappings specified, reset the keyboard map. setkey is useful for setting up international keyboards. Possible key values are letters, digits, one of the strings “alt”, “backspace”, “capslock”, “control”, “delete”, “enter”, “escape”, “Fn" (where n is one of the function key numbers), “shift”, “tab”, or one of the strings in the Key Value columns of the following table:

Key Value

Character

Key Value

Character

ampersand

&

asterisk

*

at

@

backquote

`

backslash

\

bar

|

braceleft

{

braceright

}

bracketleft

[

bracketright

]

caret

^

colon

:

comma

,

dollar

$

doublequote

"

equal

=

exclam

!

greater

>

less

<

minus

-

numbersign

#

parenleft

(

parenright

)

percent

%

period

.

plus

+

question

?

quote

`

semicolon

;

slash

/

space

tilde

~

underscore

_
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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596004826