Linux for Programmers and Users

3. GNU Utilities for Nonprogrammers

Motivation

Prerequisites

Objectives

Presentation

Utilities

Shell command

Section 3.1.  Obtaining an Account

Section 3.2.  Logging In

Section 3.3.  Shells

Section 3.4.  Running a GNU Utility

Section 3.5.  Input, Output, and Error Channels

Section 3.6.  Obtaining Online Help: man

Section 3.7.  Special Characters

Section 3.8.  Setting Your Password: passwd

Section 3.9.  Logging Out

Section 3.10.  Poetry in Motion: Exploring the File System

Section 3.11.  Printing Your Shell's Current Working Directory: pwd

Section 3.12.  Absolute and Relative Pathnames

Section 3.13.  Creating a File

Section 3.14.  Listing the Contents of a Directory: ls

Section 3.15.  Listing the Contents of a File: cat/more/head/tail

Section 3.16.  Renaming a File: mv

Section 3.17.  Creating a Directory: mkdir

Section 3.18.  Moving to a Directory: cd

Section 3.19.  Copying a File: cp

Section 3.20.  Editing a File: vim

Section 3.21.  Deleting a Directory: rmdir

Section 3.22.  Deleting a File: rm

Section 3.23.  Printing a File: lp/lpstat/cancel

Section 3.24.  Printing a File: lpr/lpq/lprm

Section 3.25.  Counting Words in a File: wc

Section 3.26.  File Attributes

Section 3.27.  Groups

Section 3.28.  Listing Your Groups: groups

Section 3.29.  Changing a File's Group: chgrp

Section 3.30.  Changing a File's Permissions: chmod

Section 3.31.  Changing a File's Owner: chown

Section 3.32.  Changing Groups: newgrp

Section 3.33.  Poetry in Motion: Epilogue

Section 3.34.  Determining Your Terminal's Type: tset

Section 3.35.  Changing a Terminal's Characteristics: stty

Section 3.36.  Editing a File: vim

Section 3.37.  Editing a File: emacs

Section 3.38.  Electronic Mail: mail

Chapter Review