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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-E, --fatal-warnings
Consider all warnings to be fatal, and exit after the first of
them.
-Ffile, --freeze-state=file
Record m4’s frozen state in file for later reloading.
-G, --traditional
Behave like traditional m4, ignoring GNU extensions.
-Hn, --hashsize=n
Set symbol-table hash array to n (default is 509).
-Idirectory, --include=directory
Search directory for include files.
-Ln, --nesting-limit=n
Change artificial nesting limit to n.
-Q, --quiet, --silent
Suppress warning messages.
-Rfile, --reload-state=file
Load state from file before starting execution.
-Uname, --undefine=name
Undefine name.
mail
mail [options] [users]
Read mail or send mail to other users. The mail utility allows you
to compose, send, receive, forward, and reply to mail. mail has two
main modes: compose mode, in which you create a message, and
command mode, in which you manage your mail.
While mail is a powerful utility, it can be tricky for a novice user. It
is most commonly seen nowadays in scripts. Most Linux distribu-
tions include several utilities that are richer in features and much
easier to use: mailers built into browsers such as Mozilla and
Firefox, graphical mail programs distributed with GNOME (Evolu-
tion) and KDE (Kmail), and the terminal-based, full-screen utilities
pine and elm ...
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