Contents

On-line Guides

Linux for Beginners

Office Productivity

Linux Installation

Linux Utilities

Linux Virtualization

System/Network Admin

Scripting Languages

Development Tools

Web Development

GUI Toolkits/Desktop

How To Guides

General System Admin

Linux Filesystems

Graphics & Desktop

Problem Solutions

GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Summary
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Index

Symbols

!, General Shell Tips
$, General Shell Tips, Regular Expressions
%cpu, Controlling Processes
%mem, Controlling Processes
&&, Performing more than one command
&>, Usage
>, Usage
>>, Usage
<, Usage
<<, Usage
*, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
-d, Date/Time/Calendars, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
-e, General Shell Tips, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
-exec, Finding information about the system
-f, Help, Text Viewing Tools , Text manipulation tools
-g, Text manipulation tools
-h, Finding information about the system
-HUP, Controlling Processes
-i, General Shell Tips, Controlling Processes
-m, Finding information about the system
-n, Text Viewing Tools , Text manipulation tools
-nc, Internet Specific Commands
-p, Controlling Processes
-path, Finding files
-prune, Finding files
-R, Working with files and folders, Shutting Down/Rebooting the System, Text manipulation tools, Remote Administration Related, File Permissions
-s, Working with files and folders
-t, Finding information about the system, Text manipulation tools, Compression
-u, Text manipulation tools, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
-v, Controlling Processes, RPM: Redhat Package Management System
-verbose, Graphics tools (command line based)
-w, Text Information Tools
-x, General Shell Tips, Text manipulation tools
-y, Date/Time/Calendars
., Regular Expressions
.*, Regular Expressions
.bz, Compression
.doc, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
.gz, Compression
.h, Finding information about the system, Conversion tools, Mathematical tools
.pdf, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
192.168.0.1, Network Configuration
192.168.0.2, Network Configuration
1MB, Finding information about the system
2>, Usage
;, Performing more than one command
?, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
@, General Shell Tips
bit, sticky, File Permissions
sticky, File Permissions
[ ], Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
[!], Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
[:alnum:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:alpha:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:cntrl:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:digit:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:graph:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:lower:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:print:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:punct:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:space:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:upper:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[:xdigit:], Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
[^], Regular Expressions
\, General Shell Tips, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
^, Regular Expressions
{ }, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
|, Usage, Regular Expressions
||, Performing more than one command
~, General Shell Tips

A

a-z, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
abilities, Virtual Terminals and screen
ability, Graphics tools (command line based)
able, Contributors , Moving around the filesystem, Working with files and folders, Network Configuration , Remote Administration Related, Graphics tools (command line based)
absolute, Moving around the filesystem
abused, Internet Specific Commands
accept, Disclaimer
accepted, Disclaimer
Access, Conventions used in this guide, The command-line history, Help, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions), Shutting Down/Rebooting the System, Internet Specific Commands, File Permissions, Miscellaneous
accessed, File Permissions
accomplish, The Unix Tools Philosophy
action, Text manipulation tools
actions, Wildcards
activating, Network Configuration
active, Network Commands
actual, The command-line history
add, Availability of sources, General Shell Tips, Finding files, Text manipulation tools, Conversion tools, Mathematical tools, Network Configuration , Internet Specific Commands, Remote Administration Related, Security, File Permissions, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Regular Expressions
adding, Contributors
addition, Network Configuration
additional, Controlling Processes
address, Network Configuration , Internet Specific Commands
addressed, Contributors
adjust, Working with files and folders
administration, Managing users
administrative, Controlling Processes
administrator, Shutting Down/Rebooting the System
administrators, Who would want to read this guide?
admonitions, Conventions used in this guide
advanced, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Finding information about the system, Text Editors, Text manipulation tools, Network Commands, Internet Specific Commands, rsync, Working with MS-DOS files
advancement, Feedback
advantage, Working with files and folders
advice, Feedback, Contributors
affect, Finding Text Within Files
algorithm, rsync
alias, General Shell Tips
aliases, General Shell Tips, Moving around the filesystem
allow, General Shell Tips, Controlling Processes, Text manipulation tools
allowed, Contributors , Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
allows, General Shell Tips, Virtual Terminals and screen, Usage, Controlling services, Text manipulation tools, Remote Administration Related
alpha, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
alphabetic, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
alphabetical, Text manipulation tools
alphabetically, Text manipulation tools
alphanumeric, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
alternative, General Shell Tips, Usage, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Wildcards
alternatives, Some basic Security Tools
American, The Unix Tools Philosophy
amount, Working with files and folders, Finding information about the system, Text manipulation tools, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
analyze, Miscellaneous
AND, Performing more than one command
Anderson, License
Anderson, Gareth, Feedback
antiword, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
append, Moving around the filesystem, Finding information about the system, File Permissions
appendix, Introduction, Who would want to read this guide?
application, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Working with files and folders
applications, The Unix Tools Philosophy
apply, Controlling Processes
apropos, Help
archive, Internet Specific Commands, Archiving Files, Compression
archived, tar (tape archiver)
archives, Compression
archiving, Archiving Files
area, Finding information about partitions, Miscellaneous
areas, Working with files and folders
argument, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Text Information Tools, Text manipulation tools, Internet Specific Commands, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Miscellaneous
arguments, The command-line history, Working with files and folders
arranged, Graphics tools (command line based)
arrow, The command-line history
art, Conversion tools
article, Contributors
ASCII, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Moving around the filesystem, Working with files and folders, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Conversion tools
assign, Controlling Processes
assist, Working with files and folders, Security
assistance, Resources used to create this document
associated, Help
asterisk, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
at, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
at, sign, General Shell Tips
atq, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
atrm, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
Attach, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions)
attempt, Introduction, General Shell Tips, The command-line history, Regular Expressions
attempting, Controlling Processes
attempts, Contributors , Working with files and folders, Network Commands
attribute, File Permissions
attributes, File Permissions
audible, General Shell Tips
author, Feedback, Disclaimer
authored, Who would want to read this guide?, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Security
authors, Who would want to read this guide?
automated, Some basic Security Tools, Checking the Hard Disk for errors
automates, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
automatic, General Shell Tips
automatically, General Shell Tips, Working with files and folders, Working with MS-DOS files
available, Introduction, Formats, Who would want to read this guide?, Who would not want to read this guide?, Availability of sources, Finding information about the system, Controlling Processes, Controlling services, Users/Groups, Network Commands, Working with MS-DOS files
avoid, Mini-Guides

B

Back-Cover, License
background, Controlling Processes, Controlling services
Backgrounds, Controlling Processes
backslash, General Shell Tips, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
bandwidth, rsync
bash, Introduction, General Shell Tips, Finding files, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Internet Specific Commands, Specific Further reading
bash scripting, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Specific Further reading
Basic, Finding files, Network Commands, Security, Archiving Files
basically, Command Substitution
batch, Graphics tools (command line based)
beep, General Shell Tips
beginners, Who would want to read this guide?
beginning, Regular Expressions
bell, General Shell Tips
bg, Controlling Processes
binary, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Text Information Tools
bit, Moving around the filesystem, Mathematical tools, File Permissions
bitmap, Graphics tools (command line based)
block, Working with files and folders
blocks, File Permissions, Compression, Working with MS-DOS files
bmp, Working with files and folders
book, Who would want to read this guide?, Availability of sources
bookmarks.html, Internet Specific Commands
boot, Security
bootdisks, Duplicating disks
boots, Security
bootup, Finding information about the system
Bourne-Again-SHell, Introduction
brackets, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
brackets, curly, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
brackets, square, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
brands, Disclaimer
break, Controlling Processes
broad-casted, Shutting Down/Rebooting the System
broken, Working with files and folders
buffer, Finding information about the system
built, Graphics tools (command line based)
built-in, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools
bunch, Compression
burning, Duplicating disks
bytes, Working with files and folders, Text Information Tools
bzgrep, Text Viewing Tools
bzip2, Text Viewing Tools , tar (tape archiver), Compression
bzip2recover, Compression
bzless, Text Viewing Tools
bzme, Compression

C

cached, Finding information about the system
cal, Date/Time/Calendars
calculator, Mathematical tools
calendar, Date/Time/Calendars
calls, Finding Text Within Files
capital, Text manipulation tools, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
capture, Graphics tools (command line based)
captures, Network Commands
careful, Working with files and folders, File Permissions
caret, Regular Expressions
carriage, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
cat, Text manipulation tools
catch, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
cause, General Shell Tips, Moving around the filesystem, Controlling Processes, Internet Specific Commands
causes, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
caution, Disclaimer
cd, General Shell Tips, Moving around the filesystem, Duplicating disks
cdrecord, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
cdrom, Finding information about partitions, Controlling the system, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
cdrom-drive, Controlling the system
centimeters, Mathematical tools
cetera, General Shell Tips, Finding information about the system, Controlling Processes
Change, Moving around the filesystem, Working with files and folders, Finding information about the system, Date/Time/Calendars, Controlling Processes, Managing users, Users/Groups, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Network Configuration , Internet Specific Commands, File Permissions, Graphics tools (command line based)
character, General Shell Tips, Text manipulation tools, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
characters, Finding files, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Some basic Security Tools, RPM: Redhat Package Management System, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
chat, Text Editors
chattr, Working with files and folders, File Permissions
chcase, Text manipulation tools, Miscellaneous
check, Who would want to read this guide?, Availability of sources, Resources used to create this document , Text manipulation tools, Internet Specific Commands, Security, Some basic Security Tools, Working with MS-DOS files, RPM: Redhat Package Management System, Checking the Hard Disk for errors
checker, The Unix Tools Philosophy
checking, Some basic Security Tools, RPM: Redhat Package Management System, Checking the Hard Disk for errors
chfn, Users/Groups
chmod, Security, File Permissions
chown, File Permissions
chronological, Contributors
chsh, Users/Groups
clarity, Conventions used in this guide
Classroom, Duplicating disks
CLI, Who would want to read this guide?
click, Graphics tools (command line based)
closed, Network Commands
clusters, Working with MS-DOS files
cmp, Text Information Tools
Code, Conventions used in this guide, The Unix Tools Philosophy
colon, Text Viewing Tools , Text manipulation tools
colour, Conversion tools, Graphics tools (command line based)
colours, Graphics tools (command line based)
column, Text manipulation tools
columns, Contributors , Text Information Tools, Text manipulation tools
combination, Conventions used in this guide
combinations, Conventions used in this guide, Shell Tips
combine, Text Viewing Tools
combined, General Shell Tips
Combines, Text Viewing Tools
comm, Text Information Tools
command, Who would want to read this guide?, Who would not want to read this guide?, Conventions used in this guide, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Shell Tips, General Shell Tips, The command-line history, Help, Directing Input/Output, Usage, Command Substitution, Performing more than one command, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Date/Time/Calendars, Controlling the system, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions), Shutting Down/Rebooting the System, Controlling Processes, Users/Groups, Text Viewing Tools , Text Information Tools, Text manipulation tools, Finding Text Within Files, Network Commands, Network Configuration , Internet Specific Commands, Remote Administration Related, Security, Some basic Security Tools, File Permissions, tar (tape archiver), rsync, Compression, Graphics tools (command line based), Working with MS-DOS files, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Mini-Guides, Duplicating disks, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
command substitution, Command Substitution
command, more than one, Performing more than one command
Command-Line, Resources used to create this document , Virtual Terminals and screen, Remote Administration Related, Graphics tools (command line based)
command-line-based, Introduction
command-lists, General Further Reading
command1, Performing more than one command, Finding information about the system
command2, Performing more than one command, Finding information about the system
commandline, Who would want to read this guide?, General Shell Tips
commandName, The command-line history
commands, Who would want to read this guide?, Who would not want to read this guide?, Conventions used in this guide, Contributors , General Shell Tips, The command-line history, Other Key combinations, Help, Usage, Working with the file-system, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Controlling Processes, Users/Groups, Text Viewing Tools , Text manipulation tools, Network Configuration , Remote Administration Related, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Miscellaneous, Wildcards
commas, Text manipulation tools, Mathematical tools, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
Commmand, Finding files
common, Text Information Tools, Text manipulation tools, Compression, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
commonly, General Shell Tips
compares, Text Information Tools
complete, Introduction, Who would not want to read this guide?, General Shell Tips
completing, General Shell Tips
Completion, General Shell Tips
completions, General Shell Tips
complex, Introduction, The Unix Tools Philosophy, General Shell Tips, Text Viewing Tools , Text manipulation tools, Miscellaneous
complicated, Network Commands
composite, Graphics tools (command line based)
comprehensive, Who would want to read this guide?, Security
compress, Compression
compressed, Text Viewing Tools , Compression
compression, Compression
Comptechdoc's Linux Command Quickreference, General Further Reading
computer, Who would want to read this guide?, Finding information about the system, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions), Shutting Down/Rebooting the System, Network Commands, Remote Administration Related, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
computers, Network Commands, Remote Administration Related
concatenate, Usage
Concatenates, Usage, Text manipulation tools
concepts, Disclaimer, Mini-Guides
configuration, Network Configuration
configure, Network Configuration
confirm, General Shell Tips
confusing, Finding information about the system
conjunction, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
connect, Remote Administration Related
connected, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Finding information about partitions
consistency, Contributors
console, The command-line history, Security
contact, Internet Specific Commands
content, Disclaimer
contents, Disclaimer, Usage, Finding information about the system, Conversion tools, Network Commands, File Permissions, Compression, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
continuous, Text Viewing Tools
contribution, Contributors
contributions, Contributors
contributors, Resources used to create this document
Control, Conventions used in this guide, Controlling the system, Controlling services, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
controlling, Controlling the system, Controlling Processes
controls, Security
conventions, Conventions used in this guide
conversion, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Mathematical tools
convert, Resources used to create this document , Contributors , Finding information about the system, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Mathematical tools, Compression, Graphics tools (command line based)
converts, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Conversion tools
Cookbook, Who would want to read this guide?
copies, Working with files and folders, Remote Administration Related, rsync
copy, License, General Shell Tips, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Remote Administration Related, rsync, Working with MS-DOS files, Miscellaneous, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
copying, General Shell Tips, Working with files and folders
Copyright, License
copyrights, Disclaimer
core, The Unix Tools Philosophy
coreutils, The UNIX tools philosophy further reading
correct, Contributors , Controlling Processes, Mathematical tools, Some basic Security Tools, Compression, Graphics tools (command line based)
correctly, Internet Specific Commands
cost, Compression
count, Working with files and folders, Text Information Tools, Text manipulation tools
cp, Working with files and folders
CPU, Finding information about the system, Controlling Processes
crackers, Internet Specific Commands
creation, The Unix Tools Philosophy
criteria, Miscellaneous
critical, Controlling services
criticism, Feedback, Contributors
criticisms, Contributors
cron, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
crontab, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
cryptic, RPM: Redhat Package Management System
CSS, Contributors
CTRL-ALT-DEL, Shutting Down/Rebooting the System
CTRL-ALT-F*, Virtual Terminals and screen
CTRL-C, Shutting Down/Rebooting the System, Controlling Processes, Text Viewing Tools , Network Commands
CTRL-D, General Shell Tips, Usage, Managing users, Mathematical tools, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
CTRL-K, Other Key combinations
CTRL-R, The command-line history
CTRL-W, Other Key combinations
CTRL-X-$, General Shell Tips
CTRL-X-Y, General Shell Tips
CTRL-Z, Conventions used in this guide, Controlling Processes
curl, Internet Specific Commands
current, Availability of sources, Conventions used in this guide, General Shell Tips, Moving around the filesystem, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Date/Time/Calendars, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions), Controlling Processes, Controlling services, Text manipulation tools, Finding Text Within Files, Network Configuration , Internet Specific Commands, Remote Administration Related, File Permissions, Compression, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Miscellaneous
customisable, Controlling Processes
customisation, Text manipulation tools
customisations, Contributors
customise, Finding files, Date/Time/Calendars, Conversion tools, Miscellaneous
cut, Text manipulation tools

D

daemon, Controlling services, Remote Administration Related, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
Daemons, Controlling services
damage, Disclaimer, Internet Specific Commands
damaged, Compression
data, Working with files and folders, Controlling Processes, File Permissions, RPM: Redhat Package Management System
database, Graphics tools (command line based)
databases, Internet Specific Commands
date, Moving around the filesystem, Working with files and folders, Date/Time/Calendars
dates, tar (tape archiver)
Dave Wreski, Security
day, Date/Time/Calendars, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
days, Date/Time/Calendars
dd, Working with files and folders, Date/Time/Calendars, Duplicating disks
deactivating, Network Configuration
deb, Debian (deb)
Debian documentation, General Further Reading
debugging, Finding information about the system
decending, Moving around the filesystem
decimal, Mathematical tools, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
decompress, Compression
default, The command-line history, Usage, Moving around the filesystem, Working with files and folders, Controlling Processes, Controlling services, Text manipulation tools, Network Configuration , Security, tar (tape archiver), Graphics tools (command line based), Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
definitions, Concept Definitions
delete, General Shell Tips, Working with files and folders, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, File Permissions, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
deleted, Working with files and folders, File Permissions
delimiter, Text manipulation tools
dependent, Moving around the filesystem
Depending, Moving around the filesystem
depth, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Text Related Tools, Internet Specific Commands, Mini-Guides
describe, Security
described, Text Viewing Tools
describes, Mini-Guides
description, Introduction, Help
descriptions, Mini-Guides
designed, Who would want to read this guide?, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Usage, Shutting Down/Rebooting the System, Mathematical tools, Internet Specific Commands, Security, Some basic Security Tools, Compression
destination, Working with files and folders, Network Commands
destroy, Working with files and folders, Managing users
detail, Introduction, Controlling Processes
detailed, Introduction, Who would want to read this guide?, Who would not want to read this guide?, Contributors , Help, Working with files and folders, Finding information about the system, Compression, Graphics tools (command line based)
details, Help, Concept Definitions, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Controlling the system, Controlling Processes, Internet Specific Commands, Remote Administration Related, Working with MS-DOS files, Duplicating disks
develop, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools
device, Controlling the system, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions), Network Configuration , RPM: Redhat Package Management System
devices, Working with files and folders, Controlling the system
df, Finding information about the system, Finding information about partitions
dictionary, Internet Specific Commands
diff, Text Information Tools
diff3, Text Information Tools
difference, Concept Definitions, Text Information Tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Network Commands
differences, rsync
different, Who would want to read this guide?, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Managing users, Text Editors, Text Viewing Tools , Text Information Tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Conversion tools, Finding Text Within Files, Mathematical tools, Network Commands, Remote Administration Related, File Permissions, Graphics tools (command line based), Wildcards, Regular Expressions
diffutils, Finding a particular tool(s)
dig, Internet Specific Commands
digit, Text manipulation tools, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
digits, Working with files and folders, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
dir, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
dir1, Finding information about the system
dir2, Finding information about the system
directories, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Remote Administration Related, File Permissions
directory, General Shell Tips, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Finding information about partitions, Controlling services, Text manipulation tools, Finding Text Within Files, Internet Specific Commands, Remote Administration Related, File Permissions, Compression, Miscellaneous, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
disable, General Shell Tips
disabled, Security
disclaimer, Legal
discuss, Contributors
disk, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Finding information about partitions, File Permissions, Working with MS-DOS files, Checking the Hard Disk for errors, Duplicating disks
disks, Working with files and folders, Finding information about partitions, Working with MS-DOS files, Duplicating disks
display, Working with files and folders, Finding information about the system, Date/Time/Calendars, Controlling Processes, Text Viewing Tools , Text manipulation tools, Conversion tools, Finding Text Within Files, Network Commands, Network Configuration , Graphics tools (command line based)
distinct, Command Substitution
distribute, License
distributions, Finding information about partitions, Security
divide, Working with files and folders
dlocate, Debian (deb)
dmesg, Finding information about the system
DNS, Network Commands, Internet Specific Commands
DocBook, Resources used to create this document
document, Introduction, Formats, Who would want to read this guide?, Who would not want to read this guide?, Availability of sources, Conventions used in this guide, Resources used to create this document , Contributors , Disclaimer, License, Help, Text Viewing Tools , Mini-Guides
documentation, Virtual Terminals and screen, Help, Finding information about partitions, Network Commands, Remote Administration Related, File Permissions, rsync, Working with MS-DOS files
documents, Contributors , Disclaimer, Text Viewing Tools , Text Conversion/Filter Tools
dollar sign, General Shell Tips, Regular Expressions
Domain, Internet Specific Commands
Dos-style, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
dos2unix, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
dosfsck, Working with MS-DOS files
dot, Moving around the filesystem, Regular Expressions
dot asterisk, Regular Expressions
dots, Moving around the filesystem
double, Help
download, Internet Specific Commands
downloadable, Availability of sources
downloaded, Internet Specific Commands
downloader, Internet Specific Commands
downloading, Internet Specific Commands, Some basic Security Tools
downloads, Internet Specific Commands
downwards, Moving around the filesystem
dozens, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
dpkg, Debian (deb)
drive, Working with files and folders, Finding information about partitions, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions)
drives, Finding information about partitions, Controlling the system
du, Working with files and folders
duplicate, Text manipulation tools, Duplicating disks
duplication, Mini-Guides

E

echo, General Shell Tips, Finding information about the system, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
edit, The command-line history, Users/Groups, Internet Specific Commands, Security, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
editing, Users/Groups, Graphics tools (command line based), Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
editor, Text Editors
editors, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Text Related Tools, Text Editors, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
effects, Graphics tools (command line based)
efficient, Who would want to read this guide?
eight, RPM: Redhat Package Management System
eject, Controlling the system
emacs, The command-line history, Text Editors, Specific Further reading
email, Feedback
emerged, The Unix Tools Philosophy
emphasize, Conventions used in this guide
emphasized, Conventions used in this guide
empty, Working with files and folders
enable, Conventions used in this guide
encoding, The Unix Tools Philosophy
encodings, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
encouraged, Feedback
encrypted, Remote Administration Related
encryption, rsync
end, Usage, Command Substitution, Finding files, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Shutting Down/Rebooting the System, Controlling Processes, Controlling services, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Security, File Permissions, Regular Expressions
end-of-file, Usage, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
end-of-line, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
ending, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
endorsements, Disclaimer
ends, Internet Specific Commands, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
english, Conventions used in this guide
enhancements, Availability of sources
enscript, Conversion tools
ensure, Controlling Processes
enter, Mathematical tools
entered, The command-line history
entire, Legal, The command-line history, Finding files, Text manipulation tools, Network Commands, Remote Administration Related, rsync
entries, Text Viewing Tools
entry, Text manipulation tools, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
environment, General Shell Tips, Managing users
epigram, Miscellaneous
epigrams, Miscellaneous
equals, Who would want to read this guide?, File Permissions
equivalent, The command-line history, Moving around the filesystem, Date/Time/Calendars, Security, Regular Expressions
error, Concept Definitions, Usage, Working with files and folders, Finding information about the system
errors, Contributors , Disclaimer, Working with MS-DOS files, Checking the Hard Disk for errors
ESC-$, General Shell Tips
ESC-Y, General Shell Tips
escape, General Shell Tips, Security, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
especially, Contributors , File Permissions
eth0, Network Configuration
evaluates, Mathematical tools
even, Conventions used in this guide, The Unix Tools Philosophy, Working with files and folders, Finding information about the system, File Permissions
events, Controlling services
everyday, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
everyone, File Permissions
everything, Moving around the filesystem, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Managing users, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
exact, Help, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Shutting Down/Rebooting the System, Controlling Processes, Duplicating disks, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
exactly, Command Substitution, Working with files and folders, Controlling Processes, Mathematical tools
example, Conventions used in this guide, The Unix Tools Philosophy, General Shell Tips, The command-line history, Help, Usage, Command Substitution, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Date/Time/Calendars, Finding information about partitions, Controlling the system, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions), Shutting Down/Rebooting the System, Controlling Processes, Controlling services, Text Viewing Tools , Text manipulation tools, Conversion tools, Finding Text Within Files, Mathematical tools, Network Commands, Network Configuration , Internet Specific Commands, Remote Administration Related, File Permissions, Compression, Graphics tools (command line based), Working with MS-DOS files, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, RPM: Redhat Package Management System, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
examples, Introduction, Conventions used in this guide, Disclaimer, Moving around the filesystem, Working with files and folders, Finding information about the system, Date/Time/Calendars, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions), Text Viewing Tools , Internet Specific Commands, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
exclamation mark, General Shell Tips
exclude, Finding files
Excluding, Finding files, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
executable, Conventions used in this guide, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files
execute, The command-line history, Command Substitution, Performing more than one command, Finding information about the system, Controlling Processes, Controlling services, Mathematical tools, Remote Administration Related, File Permissions, Working with MS-DOS files, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
execution, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
exist, Usage, Working with files and folders, Internet Specific Commands
existing, Usage, Controlling Processes, File Permissions
exit, General Shell Tips, Working with files and folders, Text Viewing Tools , Mathematical tools, RPM: Redhat Package Management System
expand, General Shell Tips, Text manipulation tools, Finding Text Within Files
expanding, General Shell Tips, Internet Specific Commands
expands, General Shell Tips
expert, Who would not want to read this guide?
explain, Introduction
explaining, Conventions used in this guide
explains, Directing Input/Output, Working with the file-system, Network Commands, Graphics tools (command line based)
explanation, Finding information about the system, Security
explanations, Who would want to read this guide?
explicitly, Conventions used in this guide
expression, Mathematical tools
expressions, Mathematical tools, Regular Expressions
ext2, Working with files and folders, File Permissions
ext3, Working with files and folders, File Permissions, Checking the Hard Disk for errors
extended, Controlling Processes
extension, Finding files, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Miscellaneous
extensions, Miscellaneous
extentions, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools
extract, tar (tape archiver), Compression

F

factors, Mathematical tools
fail, The command-line history
fails, General Shell Tips, Performing more than one command
familiar, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
Feedback, Feedback
fg, Controlling Processes
fgrep, Finding Text Within Files
field, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
fields, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
figlet, Conversion tools
file, General Shell Tips, Directing Input/Output, Concept Definitions, Usage, Working with the file-system, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Users/Groups, Text Viewing Tools , Text Information Tools, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Conversion tools, Finding Text Within Files, Mathematical tools, Network Commands, Internet Specific Commands, Security, Some basic Security Tools, File Permissions, tar (tape archiver), Compression, Graphics tools (command line based), Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Miscellaneous, RPM: Redhat Package Management System, Checking the Hard Disk for errors, Duplicating disks, Wildcards, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
file-system, General Shell Tips, Working with the file-system, Working with files and folders, Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions)
file-systems, Finding information about the system
file1, Working with files and folders, Text Information Tools
file2, Working with files and folders
filename, Working with files and folders
filename1, Working with files and folders
filename2, Working with files and folders
filepart1, Text Viewing Tools
filepart2, Text Viewing Tools
filepart3, Text Viewing Tools
files, Formats, Resources used to create this document , The command-line history, Usage, Working with the file-system, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Date/Time/Calendars, Controlling Processes, Users/Groups, Text Related Tools, Text Viewing Tools , Text Information Tools, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Conversion tools, Finding Text Within Files, Network Commands, Internet Specific Commands, Remote Administration Related, Some basic Security Tools, File Permissions, Archiving Files, tar (tape archiver), rsync, Compression, Graphics tools (command line based), Working with MS-DOS files, Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Miscellaneous, RPM: Redhat Package Management System, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns)
filesystem, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Finding information about partitions, Remote Administration Related, File Permissions, Working with MS-DOS files
filesystems, File Permissions, Working with MS-DOS files
file_name, Working with files and folders
filter, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
filters, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
find, General Shell Tips, The command-line history, Help, Command Substitution, Finding files, Working with files and folders, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Finding information about the system, Finding information about partitions, Controlling Processes, Text Editors, Text Viewing Tools , Text manipulation tools, Mathematical tools, Network Commands, Internet Specific Commands, rsync, Compression, Graphics tools (command line based), Scheduling Commands to run in the background, Wildcards, Regular Expressions
finding, Working with the file-system, Controlling Processes, Text Related Tools, Text Information Tools
finding tools, Finding a particular tool(s)
finds, Help, Finding files, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Finding Text Within Files
findsmb, Network Commands
finger, Users/Groups
finish, Working with files and folders
finished, Usage, Working with files and folders, Mathematical tools
five, Conventions used in this guide, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
fix, General Shell Tips, Managing users
fixing, Contributors
flag, File Permissions
flags, File Permissions
flash, General Shell Tips
flexible, rsync
floppy, Working with files and folders, Working with MS-DOS files, Duplicating disks
floppy-image, Duplicating disks
fmt, Text manipulation tools
folders, Finding files
followed, Conventions used in this guide, Controlling Processes, Controlling services, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
following, Formats, Conventions used in this guide, Contributors , General Shell Tips, Concept Definitions, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Network Configuration , Scheduling Commands to run in the background
Follows, Finding Text Within Files, Mathematical tools
foo, Conversion tools
force, Working with files and folders, Controlling Processes
foreground, Controlling Processes
forgotten, Security
form, Controlling Processes, Regular Expressions
format, Availability of sources, General Shell Tips, Finding information about the system, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Compression, Graphics tools (command line based), Working with MS-DOS files
formats, Formats, Text Related Tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Graphics tools (command line based), Working with MS-DOS files
formatted, Working with MS-DOS files
forms, Text manipulation tools
fortune, Miscellaneous
forward, Date/Time/Calendars
forwards, Text Viewing Tools
found, Contributors , License, The command-line history, Finding information about partitions, Text manipulation tools, Finding Text Within Files, Security, Graphics tools (command line based)
Foundation, License
four, Working with files and folders
fourth, Text manipulation tools
fractions, Mathematical tools
frame, Conventions used in this guide
frameset, Conventions used in this guide
free, Availability of sources, License, Virtual Terminals and screen, Finding information about the system
Free Software , License
freeze, Controlling Processes
fromdos, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
Front-Cover, License
ftp, Internet Specific Commands, Remote Administration Related
full, Moving around the filesystem, Finding files, Users/Groups, Text manipulation tools, Text Conversion/Filter Tools, Internet Specific Commands, Remote Administration Related, Working with MS-DOS files, RPM: Redhat Package Management System
function, Introduction, General Shell Tips, Usage, Controlling Processes, Network Commands, Scheduling Commands to run in the background
functions, Mass Rename/copy/link Tools, Managing users
further reading, Specific Further reading

G

gallons, Mathematical tools
garbled, General Shell Tips
Garrels, Who would want to read this guide?
Garrels, Machtelt, Contributors
gateway, Network Configuration
gave, Contributors
general, Who would want to read this guide?, Contributors , Mathematical tools, Internet Specific Commands
generator, Some basic Security Tools
gentle, Who would want to read this guide?
giga, Miscellaneous
global, General Shell Tips
globbing, Conventions used in this guide, Wildcards, Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns), Regular Expressions
GNU, License, rsync, Compression
GNU Directory, Finding more useful tools
GNU Free , License
GNU Free documentation license, GNU Free Documentation License
gopher, Internet Specific Commands
grammar, Contributors
grand, Working with files and folders
granted, License
graph, Moving around the filesystem
graphical, Network Commands, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
graphically, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
Graphics, Introduction, Graphics tools (command line based)
great, Contributors , Virtual Terminals and screen, Mathematical tools
greater, Usage
greatly, Text manipulation tools
grep, Finding information about the system, Finding Text Within Files, Mathematical tools, Wildcards, Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
group, Finding information about the system, Controlling Processes, Users/Groups, Security, File Permissions, RPM: Redhat Package Management System
groups, Users/Groups
grub, Security
guess, Some basic Security Tools
guesses, Controlling Processes
GUI, Introduction, Who would want to read this guide?
guide, Introduction, Who would want to read this guide?, Conventions used in this guide, Feedback, Contributors , Text Related Tools, Graphics tools (command line based), Miscellaneous
Guillion, B. Dr., Resources used to create this document
gunzip, tar (tape archiver)
gzip, Text Viewing Tools , tar (tape archiver), Compression
gzipped, tar (tape archiver), Compression

H

halt, Shutting Down/Rebooting the System
hand, RPM: Redhat Package Management System
handles, Controlling services
handy, Shell Tips, Some basic Security Tools
Hard, Working with files and folders
hard-link, Working with files and folders
hard-links, Working with files and folders
harmless, General Shell Tips
Harmon, George, Contributors