July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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kbdrate
kbdrate [options]
System administration command. Control the rate at which the
keyboard repeats characters, as well as its delay time. Using this
command without options sets a repeat rate of 10.9 characters per
second; the default delay is 250 milliseconds. On boot, most Linux
systems set the keyboard rate to 30 characters per second.
Options
-s Suppress printing of messages.
-r rate
Specify the repeat rate, which must be one of the following
numbers (all in characters per second): 2.0, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7,
3.0, 3.3, 3.7, 4.0, 4.3, 4.6, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.7, 7.5, 8.0, 8.6, 9.2,
10.0, 10.9, 12.0, 13.3, 15.0, 16.0, 17.1, 18.5, 20.0, 21.8, 24.0,
26.7, or 30.0.
-d delay
Specify the delay, which must be one of the following (in milli-
seconds): 250, 500, 750, or 1000.
kernelversion
kernelversion
This command tells you what version of the Linux kernel you are
using. It is also used by modutils and the /etc/modules.conf file to
determine where to put kernel modules. It accepts no arguments or
options.
kill
kill [options] [pids | commands]
Send a signal to terminate one or more process IDs. You must own
the process or be a privileged user. If no signal is specified, TERM
is sent.
This entry describes the /bin/kill command, which offers several
powerful features. There
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