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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Linux
Commands
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-t fstype
Specify the filesystem type. Do not check filesystems of any
other type.
-A Check all filesystems listed in /etc/fstab. The root filesystem is
checked first.
-C Display completion (progress) bar.
-N Suppress normal execution; just display what would be done.
-P Meaningful only with -A: check root filesystem in parallel with
other systems. This option is potentially dangerous.
-R Meaningful only with -A: check all filesystems listed in /etc/
fstab except the root filesystem.
-T Suppress printing of title.
-V Verbose mode.
ftp
ftp [options] [hostname]
Transfer files to and from remote network site hostname. ftp
prompts the user for a command. The commands are listed after
the options. Some of the commands are toggles, meaning they turn
on a feature when it is off and vice versa. Note that versions may
have different options.
Options
-d Enable debugging.
-g Disable filename globbing.
-i Turn off interactive prompting.
-n No autologin upon initial connection.
-v Verbose. Show all responses from remote server.
Commands
![command [args]]
Invoke an interactive shell on the local machine. If arguments
are given, the first is taken as a command to execute directly,
with the rest of the arguments as that command’s arguments.
$macro-name [args]
Execute the macro macro-name that ...
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