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Chapter 3: Linux Commands

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-v, --show-nonprinting

Display control and nonprinting characters, with the excep-

tion of LINEFEED and TAB.

Examples

cat ch1 Display a file

cat ch1 ch2 ch3 > all Combine files

cat note5 >> notes Append to a file

cat > temp1 Create file at terminal. To exit, enter EOF

(Ctrl-D).

cat > temp2 << STOP Create file at terminal. To exit, enter STOP.

cc

cc [options] files

See gcc.

cdda2wav

cdda2wav [options] [output.wav]

Convert Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA) to the WAV format.

This process is often called “ripping” a CD-ROM and is generally

performed before using an encoder to convert the file to a

compressed music format, such as OGG or MP3.

Options

Some of the following options use sectors as a unit of measure-

ment. Each sector of data on a CD represents approximately 1/75

second of play time.

-A, --auxdevice drivename

Specify a different drive for ioctl purposes.

-a, --divider n

Set the sample rate to a value equal to 44100/n samples per

second. The -R option, used by itself, lists the possible values.

-B, --bulk

Copy each track into its own file. This is the single most

commonly used flag.

-b, --bits-per-sample n

Set the quality of samples to n bits per sample per channel.

Possible values are 8, 12, and 16.

-C byteorder, --cdrom-endianness byteorder

Set the byte order, or ...