Linux in a nutshell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Siever, Ellen.

Figgins, Stephen

Weber, Aaron

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Series:

In a nutshell (O'Reilly & Associates)

In a nutshell

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

xiv, 928 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition / by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins & Aaron Weber.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, Calif. : O'Reilly, 2003.

Summary:

Linux in a Nutshell, now in its fourth edition, has been lauded in the Linux community as an indispensable book about Linux. It is an essential desktop reference of Linux commands, with the depth of information and practical, succinct "In a Nutshell" format that made the previous editions so popular.

Linux in a Nutshell covers all substantial user, programming, administration, and networking commands for the most common Linux distributions. It's several quick references rolled into one; CVS, RCS, sed, gawk, vi, Emacs, bash, tcsh, regular expressions, package management, bootloaders, desktop environments, and core command-line utilities are all covered in this clear, to-the-point volume.

The fourth edition continues to track the major changes in bootloaders, the GNOME and KDE desktops, and general Unix commands. Several commands related to CDs and music reflect the evolution of multimedia on Linux. Coverage has been added for GRUB, which has become the default bootloader on several Linux distributions, and for vim, the popular and feature-loaded extension to vi. The addition of several new options to the iptables firewall command and new commands related to DNSSEC and ssh show the book's value as a security tool. With this book, you no longer have to grope through long manpages and info documents for the information you need; you'll find it here in clear language and an easy-to-read format.

Contents:

The Excitement of Linux 2

Distribution and Support 3

Commands on Linux 3

2. System and Network Administration Overview 12

Common Commands 12

Overview of Networking 18

Overview of TCP/IP 19

Overview of Firewalls and Masquerading 25

Overview of NFS 27

Overview of NIS 28

Administering NIS 29

RPC and XDR 30

3. Linux Commands 31

Alphabetical Summary of Commands 32

4. Boot Methods 496

The Boot Process 497

LILO: The Linux Loader 498

GRUB: The Grand Unified Bootloader 508

GRUB Commands 517

Loadlin: Booting from MS-DOS 527

Dual-Booting Linux and Windows NT/2000/XP 529

Boot-Time Kernel Options 531

Initrd: Using a RAM Disk 533

5. Red Hat and Debian Package Managers 535

The Red Hat Package Manager 536

The Debian Package Manager 547

6. The Linux Shells: An Overview 571

Purpose of the Shell 571

Shell Flavors 572

Common Features 572

Differing Features 573

7. Bash: The Bourne-Again Shell 575

Invoking the Shell 576

Syntax 578

Variables 585

Arithmetic Expressions 589

Command History 590

Job Control 593

Built-in Commands 594

8. Tcsh: An Extended C Shell 622

Overview of Features 622

Invoking the Shell 623

Syntax 624

Variables 627

Expressions 637

Command History 640

Command-Line Manipulation 644

Job Control 648

Built-in Commands 649

9. Pattern Matching 667

Filenames Versus Patterns 667

Metacharacters, Listed by Linux Program 668

Metacharacters 669

Examples of Searching 670

10. The EMACS Editor 673

Typical Problems 674

Notes on the Tables 675

Summary of Commands by Group 676

Summary of Commands by Key 681

Summary of Commands by Name 685

11. The vi Editor 689

Review of vi Operations 690

vi Command-Line Options 692

ex Command-Line Options 694

Movement Commands 695

Edit Commands 697

Saving and Exiting 700

Accessing Multiple Files 700

Window Commands 701

Interacting with the Shell 702

Macros 702

Miscellaneous Commands 703

Alphabetical List of Keys in Command Mode 703

Syntax of ex Commands 705

Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands 706

vi Configuration 720

12. The sed Editor 723

Command-Line Syntax 724

Syntax of sed Commands 724

Group Summary of sed Commands 725

Alphabetical Summary of sed Commands 727

13. The gawk Scripting Language 734

Command-Line Syntax 734

Patterns and Procedures 736

gawk System Variables 738

PROCINFO Array 739

Operators 739

Variable and Array Assignments 740

Group Listing of gawk Commands 740

Alphabetical Summary of Commands 741

14. RCS 748

Overview of RCS Commands 749

Basic RCS Operations 749

General RCS Specifications 750

Alphabetical Summary of RCS Commands 754

15. CVS 764

CVS Command Format 766

Common Global Options 767

Gotchas 767

CVS Administrator Reference 767

CVS User Reference 785

16. Graphical Desktop Overview 810

Desktop Environments and Window Managers 810

Desktop Differences: Development 811

17. GNOME 812

Desktop Overview 813

The Panel 816

The GNOME Menu and the Menu Panel Menus 820

The GNOME Control Center 821

History and Changes in GNOME 2 830

18. KDE 833

Desktop Overview 834

The Panel 840

The KDE Control Center 842

19. An Alternative Window Manager: fvwm2 877

Running fvwm2 878

Implementing Window Manager Customizations 879

Adding Keyboard Shortcuts 889

Customizing Menus 893

The WinList: Switching the Focus 894.

Notes:

Previous ed.: published as by Ellen Siever et al. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

0596004826

OCLC:

187630392