Linux Pocket Guide

Index

A note on the digital index

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Symbols

! ! (recalling previous command), Command history

& (ampersand),

&& (two ampersands), Combining commands

. (period), The Filesystem

/ (slash),

--help option, Getting Help

. . (two periods), The Filesystem

; (semicolon), Input/output redirection

[ (left square bracket), test and “[”

\ (backward slash), Escaping

^C command (killing programs), Killing a Command in Progress

^Z command (suspending jobs),

| (pipe operator), Pipes

| |, Combining commands

~ (tilde), Home Directories, Tilde expansion

A

abiword program,

absolute path of current directory,

acroread viewer,

Ada language, Beyond Shell Scripting

alias command, Aliases

alphabetical order,

ampersand ( & ),

apt program,

arguments for commands, What’s a Command?

aspell command,

at command, ,

atq command,

atrm command,

audacity graphical audio file editor,

audio on Linux systems, Audio and Video–, , ,

awk filter program, awk

vs. tr command,

B

background jobs, Job Control

backing up Linux files, Partitioning and Formatting Disks–, Backups and Remote Storage, , , , , ,

backquotes on command line, Quoting

basename command,

bash (Bourne Again Shell), What’s Linux?, The Shell, Selected bash Features, Shell variables ...