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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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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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-s[delimiter], --separator[=delimiter]
Separate columns with the single-character delimiter (default is
a tab) instead of spaces.
-S[string], --sep-string[=string]
Separate columns with string. Default is a tab with -J and a
space otherwise.
-t, --omit-header
Suppress headers, footers, and fills at end of pages.
-T, --omit-pagination
Like -t but also suppress form feeds.
-v, --show-non-printing
Convert unprintable characters to octal backslash format.
-w page_width, --width=page_width
Set the page width to page_width characters for multicolumn
output. Default is 72.
-W page_width, --page-width=page_width
Set the page width to always be page_width characters. Lines
longer than the specified width are truncated unless -J is also
specified. Default is 72.
--version
Print version information and then exit.
praliases
praliases [options] [keys]
System administration command. praliases prints the current send-
mail mail aliases. (Usually defined in the /etc/aliases or /etc/aliases.
db file.) Limit output to the specified keys when given.
Options
-f file
Read the aliases from the specified file instead of sendmail’s
default alias files.
-C file
Read sendmail configuration from the specified file instead of
from /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.
printenv
printenv [variables]
printenv option
Print ...
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