Linux in a Nutshell

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factor command

false command

     bash and ksh

Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator (flex) command

FAT clusters, MS-DOS files

FAT filesystem

fc command 2nd 3rd

fc-cache command

fc-list command

fdformat command

fdisk command

fetchmail command

fflush function (gawk)

fg (foreground) command

fg command

fgconsole command

fgrep command

fi shell keyword

FIFOs (named pipes) 2nd

file attributes

     changing for MS-DOS files (mattrib)

     listing (lsattr)

     modifying with chattr

file command (ex)

file compression

     bzip2 format

     compressed to uncompressed files (zcmp)

     gunzip command

     gzexe command

     gzip command

     reading compressed files to output (zcat)

     renaming zipped files (zforce)

     uncompress command

     uncompressing .Z files and recompressing as .gz format

file descriptors

file distribution client program

file distribution server, starting

file inclusion facility for gawk

file management commands

     chgrp

file properties (Subversion)

file storage commands

file transfer commands

     ftp

     lftp

     lftpget

     rsync

     sftp

     tftp

     tftpd

filenames

     metacharacters for filename expansion

     metacharacters, bash and ksh

     translation of hexadecimal program addresses to

     validity and portability of

filenames and their DOS 8.3 equivalents

files

     access modes, changing (chmod)

     accessing multiple with vi

     byte, word, and line counts, displaying (wc)

     checksums, calculating for (sum)

     classification of (file command)

     columnar output, formatting in

     comparing lines with comm

     comparing with cmp

     comparing with diff

     comparing with diff3

     computing CRC checksum

     converting to tables for parsing

     copying and outputting with dd

     copying archives with cpio

    copying between machines

         rcp command

         scp command

     copying between Unix and MS-DOS partitions

     copying with cp

     creating or updating (touch)

     crontab file

     csplit command

     cutting content

     deleting on MS-DOS

     deleting with rm

    differences between

         diff command

         diff3 command

         sdiff command

         zdiff command

     disabling for swapping, paging (swapoff)

     display format options (hexdump)

     dot files

     dumping to standard output

     duplicate lines, removing (uniq)

     Emacs commands for

files (continued)

     enabling for swapping, paging (swapon)

     finding binary, source, and manpages for (whereis)

     first lines, displaying with head

     in reverse (tac)

     last lines, displaying (tail)

     linking

     listing (ls)

     locking (lockfile)

     merging (merge)

     moving or renaming with mv

    MS-DOS

         displaying content (mtype)

         moving or renaming

         renaming

         tools for (mtools)

     overwriting to make unrecoverable

     ownership, changing (chown)

     ownership, changing group (chgrp)

     printing (lpr)

     printing in reverse (tac)

     removing columns

     rename command

     restoring from dump archive

     reversing character order on each line

     secure copying between networks (scp)

     sorting (sort)

     special, for sending or receiving data

     split

     transferring between networks with ftp

     transferring between networks with sftp

filesystem buffers, writing to disk

filesystem quotas, editing

filesystem types

filesystems

     checking with fsck

     creating with mkfs

     debugging

     defined

     displaying isoimage

     exporting

    ext2

         displaying label

         formatting device as

         image file

     ext3, creating

     ISO/Joliet/HFS

     managing

     mounting 2nd

    MS-DOS

         checking for bad blocks

         creating directory

         displaying information about

         dosfsck command

         formatting device as

         labels

         mounting

         tools for (mtools)

     NFS

     potential booting issues

     process IDs of processes using

     quota enforcement

     unmounting (umount)

find command

     GRUB

finger command

     chfn command

     pinky command

fingerd command

firewall rules

     in iptables

     restoring

     saving with iptables

firewalls

flags

     for a kernel image

     format specifiers for printf and sprintf

flex (Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator) command

floppy disks

     configuring (setfdprm)

fmt command

fold command

fold command (ex)

foldclose command (ex)

foldopen command (ex)

fonts

     fc-cache command

     fc-list command

for command (awk)

for shell keyword

form command (ftp)

formail command

format specifiers for printf and sprintf (awk)

formatting disks

     floppies (fdformat)

     MS-DOS (mformat)

free command

free disk space, measuring

free software

Free Software Foundation (FSF)

     GNU project, ix

         documentation

     GPL (General Public License)

freenode IRC network, Linux channels

freenode IRC service

Freshmeat web site

fsck command

fstab file

fstest command (GRUB)

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

     rpm command options

     secure transfer using ssh (sftp)

ftp command

ftpd command

ftpd daemon

function command (awk)

function overloading

function shell keyword

functions

    awk

         listed by group

         listed by name

     bash and ksh shell

     bash shell, execution of

     bc program

     listing for source file 2nd

     mathematical, ksh93 shell

functions command (ksh)

fuser command