Linux in a Nutshell

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m4 command

MAC (Media Access Control) address

     changing for network interface

macdef command (ftp)

machine architecture, identifying

machine uptime status, tracking (ruptime)

Macintosh, HFS (Hierarchical File System) 2nd

macro commands (Emacs)

macros

     listing for source file 2nd

     processor for C

     RPM package spec file

     vi editor

magnetic tape drive, controlling

mail commands

     audiosend

     biff

     fetchmail

     imapd

     listing all messages in sendmail queue (mailq)

     mail utility

         command-line options

         command-mode commands

         compose-mode commands

         configuration options

     mailto

     metamail

     metasend

     mimencode

     newaliases

     rmail

     sendmail

     sendmail statistics (mailstats)

mail filtering, formail command

mail transfer agent (MTA)

make command

     description-file lines

     functions

     internal macros

     macro modifiers

     macro string substitution

     pattern rules

     special target names

makeactive command (GRUB)

makecache command (yum)

makedbm command 2nd

Makefiles

     creating with automake

     updating files with install

makemap command

man command

man pages

map command (ex)

map command (GRUB)

maps (NIS)

mark (Emacs)

mark command (ex)

marking positions in vi editor

marks command (ex)

masquerading

master boot record (MBR)

     defined

     pre-Linux Windows version, restoring

match function (awk)

math

     bc program, library functions

mathematical functions (ksh93)

mattrib command

Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)

mcat command

mcd command

mcopy command

MD5 checksums, computing or checking

md5crypt command (GRUB)

mdel command

mdelete command (ftp)

mdeltree command

mdir command

     ftp

mdu command

Media Access Control (MAC) addresses

media commands

memory information, displaying (vmstat)

memory maps, displaying for a process

memory usage information

merge command

     svn

merged changes in files

merging data stored in text-based file formats

merging documents in source code management

mesg command

messages

     system control, displaying

Meta-key commands (Emacs) 2nd

Meta-key handling for virtual terminal

metacharacters

     bash and ksh filenames

     pattern matching

         filename expansion vs.

         listed by program

         replacement patterns

         search patterns

         search-and-replace in ex and sed

metadata, versioned

metamail command

     richtext, displaying

metasend command

mformat command

mget command (ftp)

MIDI files

     playing with aplaymidi

     raw, reading and writing

     recording using ALSA

MIME types

     mailto command

     metamail command

     metasend command

     richtext, displaying

mimencode command

minfo command

mirror command (lftp)

miscellaneous commands

     system administration

     vi editor

mixers

     audio mixer tool

     command-line ALSA mixer

mkdir command

     ftp

     svn

mkdosfs command

mke2fs command

mkexrc command (ex)

mkfifo command

mkfs command

mkfs.ext3 command

mkisofs command

mklost+found command

mkmanifest command

mknod command

mkraid command

mkswap command

mktemp command

mktime function (gawk)

mlabel command

mls command (ftp)

mmd command

mmount command

mmove command

mode command (ftp)

modes

     Emacs editor

     vi editor

     vim editor

modinfo command

modprobe command

     depmod and

modtime command (ftp)

module command (GRUB)

modulenounzip command (GRUB)

modules

     creating dependency file for

     listing all loaded

     loading (insmod)

     loading into kernel

     loading with initrd

     unloading from the kernel

monotone (source code management system)

Moolenaar, Bram

more program

     bzmore command

mount command 2nd

mountd command

mountd daemon 2nd

mouse, gpm command

move command (ex)

movement commands, vi editor

     characters

     line numbering

     lines

     marks

     screens

     searches

     text

mpartition command

mpg123 command

mpg321 command

mput command (ftp)

mrd command

mren command

MS-DOS

     bad blocks, checking for

     changing directories on

     changing file attributes (mattrib)

     checking filesystem with dosfsck

     copying files to or from Unix partitions

     creating directories

     creating filesystems with mkfs

     deleting a directory

     deleting file or file tree

     directory contents, listing (mdir)

     disk usage, displaying

     displaying file content (mtype)

     displaying filesystem information (minfo)

     files and filesystems, tools for

     filesystem label

     formatting blank disk

     formatting device as MS-DOS filesystem

     mounting a filesystem

     moving or renaming file or directory

     partition, creating

     renaming file or directory

mshowfat command

mt command

MTA (mail transfer agent)

mtools commands

mtoolstest command

MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)

mtype command

Multiboot Specification

multiline input processing commands (sed)

multiple redirection

mv command

mzip command