The Linux Cookbook, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Michael Stutz

• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 824
• Edition: Second Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition is your guide to getting the most out of Linux. Organized by general task (such as working with text, managing files, and manipulating graphics), each section contains a series of step-by-step recipes that help you to get your work done quickly and efficiently, most often from the command line. Nearly 50 percent larger than the first edition, this new edition includes hundreds of new recipes as well as new sections on package management; file conversion; multimedia; working with sound files (including OGG and MP3); Vi text editing; advanced text manipulation; and more. Perfect as an introduction to Linux, or as a desktop reference for the seasoned user. Covers the major Linux distributions. "...the next best thing to having your own personal guru." -- UnixReview.com (praise for the first edition)

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Preface to the Second Revised Edition......Page 33
1 Introduction......Page 37
2 What Every Linux User Knows......Page 61
3 The Shell......Page 87
4 The X Window System......Page 129
5 Files and Directories......Page 159
6 Sharing Files......Page 197
7 Finding Files......Page 205
8 Managing Files......Page 221
9 Viewing Text......Page 245
10 Editing Text......Page 265
11 Grammar and Reference......Page 309
12 Analyzing Text......Page 327
13 Formatting Text......Page 339
14 Searching Text......Page 367
15 Typesetting and Word Processing......Page 391
16 Using Fonts......Page 429
17 Viewing Images......Page 441
18 Editing Images......Page 455
19 Importing Images......Page 475
20 PostScript......Page 485
21 Playing and Recording Sound......Page 497
22 Audio Compact Discs......Page 511
23 Editing Sound Files......Page 521
24 Disk Storage......Page 535
25 Printing......Page 543
26 Cross Platform Conversions......Page 559
27 Reminders......Page 571
Concept Index......Page 0