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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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hsync
hsync suspend mode.
powerdown
Powerdown mode.
off
Turn off VESA powersaving features.
-regtabs [num]
Clear all existing tab stops and set a regular tab stop pattern at
every num number (default is 8). num is a number in the range
1–160. Virtual consoles only.
-repeat [on|off]
Turn keyboard repeat on or off. Virtual consoles only.
-reset
Display the terminal reset string to reset the terminal to its
power-on state.
-reverse [on|off]
Turns reverse-video mode on or off. If the terminal is not a
virtual console, -reverse off also turns off bold, half-bright,
and blink modes.
-store
Store the current rendering options as the defaults. Virtual
consoles only.
-tabs [tab1...tabn]
Set tab stops at the specified cursor positions, which can range
from 1 to 160. Virtual consoles only.
-term term
Replace the value of the TERM environment variable with
term.
-ulcolor 16-color
Set color for underlining. Virtual consoles only.
-underline [on|off]
Turn underlining on or off.
sftp
sftp [options] host
An interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp except that it
uses ssh to perform file transfers securely. sftp connects to host and
logs in, prompting for a password if required. The host can be
specified in the following ways:
host
[user@]host[:file [file] ...]
[user@]host[:dir[/]]
If user is ...
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