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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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Index | 909
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logged-in users, showing for
system, 511
logger command, 253
logical operators
expr command, 145
login command, 253
CVS, 829
ksh, 673
login shells, changing (chsh), 89
logins
bad login attempts (lastb), 232
last, 231
last login times for system
accounts, 232
remote, 382
logname command, 254
LOGNAME environment variable, 812
logout command
bash, 673
CVS, 829
logrotate program, 254–257
configuration commands, 254–257
look command, 257
loop devices, setting up (losetup), 257
losetup command, 257
lost+found directory, 305
lower character class, 699
lpadmin command, 258
lpinfo command, 259
lpmove command, 259
lpq command, 259
lpr command, 260
lprm command, 260
lpstat command, 260
ls command, 123, 261–264
ftp, 167
setting color options, 123
lsattr command, 264
lshift function (gawk), 785
lsmod command, 264
lspci command, 264
lstxns command (svnadmin), 879
lsusb command, 264
M
m4 command, 265
MAC (Media Access Control)
address, 23
changing for network interface, 212
macdef command (ftp), 167
machine architecture, identifying, 46
machine uptime status, tracking
(ruptime), 397
Macintosh, HFS (Hierarchical File
System), 297, 303–305
macro commands (Emacs), 711
macros
listing for source file, 106, 143
processor for C, 265
RPM package spec file, 573
vi editor, 734
magnetic tape drive,
controlling, 319–323
mail commands, 15
audiosend, ...
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