Index

\ (backslash)

line continuation character, 93

in sudoer aliases, 206

% (percent sign)

group name indicator, 204

Kickstart section indicator, 106

. (dot)

alias for current directory, 20

package paragraph separator, 62–63

partition separator, 94, 96

.. (dot dot), alias for directory above current, 20

[ ] (square brackets)

in grep search keywords, 477–478

in regular expressions, 458

@ (at sign), Kickstart task indicator, 106

^ (caret), Ctrl key symbol, 24

# (hash mark), comment indicator

source.list file, 72

Upstart, 31

< (left angle bracket), redirection operator, 462–464

? (question mark), wildcard character, 456

> (right angle bracket), redirection operator, 462–464

>> (right angle brackets), redirection operator, 462–464

/ (slash), in ...

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