A Practical Guide to LinuxR Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming

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a filename extension 2nd 3rd

a.out file 2nd 3rd

Abort execution

Absolute filename

Absolute pathname 2nd 3rd

Access

Access Control List [See ACL]

Access permission

     change using chmod 2nd

     defined 2nd

     description of

     directory     display using ls

     execute 2nd

     group

     other

     owner     read     write

ACL 2nd Active window add command (cvs) addbanner shell script

Address     IP     MAC     network     space, private Address maskAdministrator, system [See System, System;administrator]

Algorithm

Alias     bash     defined

     double versus single quotation marks

     quotation marks

     recursion

     recursive plunge     single versus double quotation marks

     special alias builtin 2nd 3rd

alloc builtin Alphanumeric character ALT key Ambiguous file reference 2nd 3rd American National Standards Institute

AND Boolean operator 2nd

Angle bracket

Animate

Anonymous FTP

ANSI

ANSI C

ansi terminal name

Anti-aliasing 2nd

API

Append

     defined

     standard output 2nd 3rd

append standard output 2nd

Applet Application programmer

apropos utility 2nd 3rd 4th

Apt

     apt-get check command

     apt-get dist-upgrade command     apt-get install command     apt-get remove command

     apt-get update command     apt-get upgrade command     checking the dependency tree     configuring

     update the local package list     using apt.conf file apt.freshrpms.net 2ndArchive     library, using     pack using tar

     shell

     unpack using tar Argument 2nd     command line

     defined

     display

     testing

argv variableArithmetic

     bash     expansion 2nd

     expression Arithmetic evaluation     example 2nd 3rdArray     argv

     defined

     numeric variables

     string variables

ASCII

     codes and emacs

     defined

     EBCDIC conversion

     man page

     terminal

ascii file

ASP

aspell utility 2nd

aspell.conf file

aspell.sourceforge.net ASPELL_CONF variable

Assembly language 2nd

Associative array

Asterisk special character

at directory at utility AT&T Bell Laboratories 2nd 3rd 4th

at.allow file at.deny file atd daemon atq utility

atrm utilityAttachment     defined     mailAuthentication     defined     OpenSSH

autoconf utility

autocorrect variable autolist variable 2nd autologout variable

Automatic mounting

Avoided

awk [See gawk]