Linux Pocket Guide: Essential Commands

✍ Scribed by Barrett, Daniel J

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 268
• Edition: 3rd edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

If you use Linux in your day-to-day work, this popular pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job reference. The third edition features new commands for processing image files and audio files, running and killing programs, reading and modifying the system clipboard, and manipulating PDF files, as well as other commands requested by readers. You'll also find powerful command-line idioms you might not be familiar with, such as process substitution and piping into bash.

Linux Pocket Guideprovides an organized learning path to help you gain mastery of the most useful and important commands. Whether you're a novice who needs to get up to speed on Linux or an experienced user who wants a concise and functional reference, this guide provides quick answers.

Selected topics include:


The filesystem and shell
File creation and editing
Text manipulation and pipelines
Backups and remote storage
Viewing and controlling processes
User account management
Becoming the superuser
Network connections
Audio and video
Installing software
Programming with shell scripts

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
What’s in This Book?......Page 7
What’s Linux?......Page 8
What’s a Command?......Page 9
Reading This Book......Page 13
Practicing with This Book......Page 16
Getting Help......Page 17
Linux: A First View......Page 19
Running a Shell......Page 20
Input and Output......Page 21
Users and Superusers......Page 22
The Filesystem......Page 23
Home Directories......Page 25
System Directories......Page 26
Operating System Directories......Page 30
File Protections......Page 31
Shell Features......Page 32
Selected Features of the bash Shell......Page 34
Shell Job Control......Page 45
Running Multiple Shells at Once......Page 49
Killing a Command in Progress......Page 50
Tailoring Shell Behavior......Page 52
Basic File Operations......Page 53
Directory Operations......Page 58
File Viewing......Page 61
File Creation and Editing......Page 69
Your Default Editor......Page 70
File Properties......Page 75
File Location......Page 87
File Text Manipulation......Page 98
File Compression and Packaging......Page 114
File Comparison......Page 120
PDF and PostScript File Handling......Page 126
Printing......Page 130
Spellchecking......Page 132
Disks and Filesystems......Page 134
Backups and Remote Storage......Page 140
Viewing Processes......Page 144
Controlling Processes......Page 149
Scheduling Jobs......Page 154
Logins, Logouts, and Shutdowns......Page 160
Users and Their Environment......Page 162
User Account Management......Page 167
Becoming the Superuser......Page 172
Group Management......Page 173
Host Information......Page 176
Host Location......Page 180
Network Connections......Page 185
Email......Page 190
Web Browsing......Page 194
Instant Messaging......Page 199
Screen Output......Page 204
Copy and Paste......Page 210
Math and Calculations......Page 212
Dates and Times......Page 217
Graphics......Page 221
Audio and Video......Page 224
Installing Software......Page 229
Programming with Shell Scripts......Page 238
Creating and Running Shell Scripts......Page 239
Variables......Page 240
Booleans and Return Codes......Page 241
Conditionals......Page 244
Loops......Page 248
Command-Line Arguments......Page 250
Exiting with a Return Code......Page 251
Piping to bash......Page 252
Final Words......Page 254
Acknowledgments......Page 255
Index......Page 257

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