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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Media
Printing
Programming
Command Action
cdda2wav Rip a CD to create a computer-friendly WAV format.
cdparanoia Rip a CD while providing extra features.
cdrdao Copy a CD.
cdrecord Record to a CD.
eject Eject a removable disk or tape.
mkisofs Generate a binary image from a directory tree.
mpg321 Play an MP3 file.
readcd Read or write a data CD.
volname Provide the volume name of a CD-ROM.
Command Action
lpq Show status of print jobs.
lpr Send to the printer.
lprm Remove print job.
lpstat Get printer status.
pr Format and paginate for printing.
Command Action
ar Create and update library files.
as Generate object file.
bison Generate parsing tables.
cpp Preprocess C code.
flex Lexical analyzer.
g++ GNU C++ compiler.
gcc GNU C compiler.
ld Link editor.
ldd Print shared library dependencies.
m4 Macro processor.
make Create programs.
ranlib Regenerate archive symbol table.
rpcgen Translate RPC to C code.
yacc Generate parsing tables.
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