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Get more done faster at the Linux command line! This best-selling Linux Phrasebook has been thoroughly updated in the second edition to reflect the newest distributions, incorporate feedback from hundreds of active Linux users, and cover today''s newest tools and techniques -- including an entirely new chapter on text file manipulation. 

Linux Phrasebook, Second Edition offers a concise, handy reference to the Linux commands that, like a language phrasebook, can be used on the spot on moment''s notice.

Don''t waste a minute on non-essentials: this straight-to-the-point reference delivers specific information and tested commands designed to work with any modern Linux distribution. Portable enough to take anywhere, it starts with a quick introduction to essential command line concepts, and then delivers all the modern Linux command examples, variations, and parameters you need to: 

• View, manipulate, archive, and compress files
• Control file ownership and permissions
• Find anything on your systems
• Efficiently use the Linux shell
• Monitor system resources
• Install software
• Test, fix, and work with networks

Linux Phrasebook, Second Edition is the perfect quick command line reference for millions of Linux users and administrators at all levels of experience: people who want to get reliable information they can use right now -- with no distractions and no diversions!

Contents at a Glance

Part I: Getting Started

Chapter 1 Things to Know About Your Command Line

Everything Is a File

Maximum Filename Lengths

Names Are Case-Sensitive

Special Characters to Avoid in Names

Wildcards and What They Mean

Special Files That Affect Your Command Line

If There''s Too Much Stuff on Screen, Reset

Chapter 2 Navigating Your File System

List Files and Folders

List the Contents of Other Folders

List Folder Contents Using Wildcards

View a List of Files in Subfolders

View a List of Contents in a Single Column

View Contents As a Comma-Separated List

View Hidden Files and Folders

Visually Display a File''s Type

Display Contents in Color

List Permissions, Ownership, and More

Reverse the Order Contents Are Listed

Sort Contents by Date and Time

Sort Contents by Size

Express File Sizes in Terms of K, M, and G

Display the Path of Your Current Directory

Change to a Different Directory

Change to Your Home Directory

Change to Your Previous Directory

Chapter 3 Creation and Destruction

Change a File to the Current Time

Change a File to Any Desired Time

Create a New, Empty File

Create a New Directory

Create a New Directory and Any Necessary Subdirectories

Copy Files

Copy Files Using Wildcards

Copy Files Verbosely

Stop Yourself from Copying over Important Files

Copy Directories

Copy Files As Perfect Backups in Another Directory

Move Files and Folders

Rename Files and Folders

Understand How Linux Stores Files

Create a Link Pointing to Another File or Directory

Delete Files

Remove Several Files at Once with Wildcards

Prevent Yourself from Deleting Key Files

Delete an Empty Directory

Remove Files and Directories That Aren''t Empty

Deleting Troublesome Files

Chapter 4 Learning About Commands

Find Out About Commands with man

Quickly Find Out What a Command Does Based on Its Name

Search for a Command Based on What It Does

Read a Command''s Specific Man Page

Learn About Commands with info

Navigate Within info

Locate the Paths for a Command''s Executable, Source Files, and Man Pages

Find Out Which Version of a Command Will Run

Discover How a Command Will Be Interpreted

Chapter 5 Building Blocks

Run Several Commands Sequentially

Run Commands Only If the Previous Ones Succeed

Run a Command Only If the Previous One Fails

Plug the Output of a Command into Another Command

Understand Input/Output Streams

Use the Output of One Command As Input for Another

Redirect a Command''s Output to a File

Prevent Overwriting Files When Using Redirection

Append a Command''s Output to a File

Use a File As Input for a Command

Combine Input and Output Redirection

Send Output to a File and to stdout at the Same Time

Part II: Working with Files

Chapter 6 Viewing (Mostly Text) Files

Figure Out a File''s Type

View Files on stdout

Concatenate Files to stdout

Concatenate Files to Another File

Concatenate Files and Number the Lines

View Text Files a Screen at a Time

Search Within Your Pager

Edit Files Viewed with a Pager

View the First 10 Lines of a File

View the First 10 Lines of Several Files

View the First Several Lines of a File or Files

View the First Several Bytes, Kilobytes, or Megabytes of a File

View the Last 10 Lines of a File

View the Last 10 Lines of Several Files

View the Last Several Lines of a File or Files

View the Constantly Updated Last Lines of a File or Files

Chapter 7 Manipulating Text Files with Filters

Count the Number of Words, Lines, and Characters in a File

Number Lines in a File

Select an Entire Column of Data in a Delimited File

Sort the Contents of a File

Sort the Contents of a File Numerically

Remove Duplicate Lines in a File

Substitute Selected Characters with Others

Replace Repeated Characters with a Single Instance

Delete Matching Characters

Transform Text in a File

Print Specific Fields in a File

Chapter 8 Ownerships and Permissions

Become Another User

Become Another User, with His Environment Variables

Become root

Become root, with Its Environment Variables

Change the Group Owning Files and Directories

Recursively Change the Group Owning a Directory

Change the Owner of Files and Directories

Change the Owner and Group of Files and Directories

Understand the Basics of Permissions

Change Permissions on Files and Directories Using Alphabetic Notation

Change Permissions on Files and Directories Using Numeric Permissions

Change Permissions Recursively

Set and Then Clear suid

Set and Then Clear sgid

Set and Then Clear the Sticky Bit

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