A Practical Guide to UNIX for Mac OS X Users

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! Boolean operator 2nd 3rd 4th

! variable

!! to reexecute the previous event

!$ last word of the previous event

# comment 2nd

# prompt

# variable

#! to choose a script shell

#define C preprocessor directive

#include C preprocessor directive

$ in regular expressions

$ in variable name

$! variable

$# variable 2nd 3rd

$#argv variable

$$ variable 2nd 3rd 4th

$(...). [See Command; substitution]

$* variable 2nd

$, use with variables

$0 variable

$< variable

$? variable 2nd

$@ variable 2nd

${}, expand variable

% job & builtin

% job builtin

% job number 2nd

& background 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

& background process

& bitwise operator 2nd

& Boolean operator

& in replacement string 2nd

&& Boolean operator 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

((...)). [See Arithmetic; evaluation]

() command grouping

() in shell functions

* in regular expressions

* special character

*/C comment

+ in full regular expressions

. (dot) builtin 2nd 3rd 4th

. directory 2nd

. in regular expressions

.. directory 2nd

..namedfork

./ to execute a file in the working directory 2nd 3rd

.a filename extension 2nd 3rd

.app filename extension

.bash_history file

.bash_login file

.bash_logout file

.bash_profile file 2nd 3rd

.bashrc file 2nd 3rd

.bmp filename extension

.bz2 filename extension 2nd 3rd

.C filename extension 2nd

.c filename extension 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

.c++ filename extension

.cc filename extension 2nd

.conf filename extension

.cpp filename extension

.cshrc file 2nd

.cxx filename extension 2nd

.dmg filename extension 2nd

.emacs file 2nd 3rd 4th

.gif filename extension

.gz filename extension 2nd

.h filename extension 2nd

.history file 2nd

.html filename extension

.i filename extension 2nd

.ii filename extension 2nd

.inputrc file

.jpeg filename extension 2nd

.jpg filename extension 2nd

.l filename extension

.local filename extension

.login file 2nd 3rd

.logout file 2nd

.m filename extension

.netrc file

.nofinger file

.o filename extension 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

.pdf filename extension

.pkg filename extension

.plan file 2nd

.plist filename extension

.profile file 2nd

.project file 2nd

.ps filename extension

.rhosts file 2nd 3rd 4th

.S filename extension

.s filename extension 2nd 3rd 4th

.sh filename extension

.so filename extension 2nd

.tar.bz2 filename extension 2nd

.tar.gz filename extension 2nd

.tar.Z filename extension 2nd

.tbz filename extension

.tbz2 filename extension

.tcshrc file 2nd

.tgz filename extension

.tif filename extension

.tiff filename extension 2nd

.txt filename extension 2nd

.tz filename extension

.vimrc file 2nd

.y filename extension

.Z filename extension 2nd

/ directory (root) 2nd

/* C comment

/Applications directory

/bin directory

/cores directory

/dev, 2nd

/dev,

     kmem file

/dev,

     null file 2nd 3rd 4th

     random file

     special files

     tty file

     zero file

/etc

     bashrc file 2nd

     crontab file

     csh.cshrc file

     csh.login file

     csh.logout file

     cshrc file

     daily file

     daily.local file

     group file 2nd 3rd

     hostconfig file

     hosts file 2nd

     hosts.allow file

     hosts.deny file

     hosts.equiv file 2nd 3rd 4th

     inittab file

     login file

     lookupd file

     mach_init.d file

     monthly file

     motd file 2nd

     nologin.txt file

     ntp.conf file

     pam.conf file

     pam.d directory 2nd 3rd 4th

     passwd file

     printcap file 2nd

     profile file 2nd 3rd 4th

     protocols file

     rc file

     rc.local file

     rc.netboot file

     rpc file 2nd

     securetty file

     services file 2nd 3rd

     shells file

     sudoers file

     syslog.conf file

     termcap file

     weekly file

     xinetd.conf file

/Library directory

/private

     etc directory

     tmp directory

     var directory

/sbin directory

/System directory

/System/Library directory

/tmp directory 2nd 3rd

/Users directory

/usr

     bin

     include

         C preprocessor

     lib 2nd

         cc

         shared libraries

     sbin

         daemons

     share

         doc directory

         file: magic file 2nd

         info directory

         terminfo directory

     X11R6 2nd

/var

    at

         jobs directory

         spool directory

    cron

         allow file

         deny file

         tabs file

     log 2nd

         lastlog file

         secure.log file 2nd

         system.log file 2nd 3rd

         wtmp file

     mail directory

     root directory

     spool directory 2nd

/Volumes directory

a Boolean operator 2nd 3rd

o Boolean operator 2nd

or Boolean operator

' ...'. [See Command; substitution]

100BaseT cable

10Base2 cable

10Base5 cable

10BaseT cable

169.254 address

1> redirect standard output

2> redirect standard error

802.11

: (null) builtin 2nd 3rd 4th

:= assign default value

:= substitute default value

:? display error message

; command separator

< redirect standard input 2nd 3rd

<& duplicate input file descriptor

<0 redirect standard input

<< here document 2nd

> redirect standard output 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

>& duplicate output file descriptor 2nd

>& redirect standard output and standard error

>> append standard output 2nd 3rd

? in full regular expressions

? special character

@ builtin 2nd 3rd 4th

@ in a network address 2nd

@ variable

@ vim

@ with mail

[[...]] builtin

[[...]]. [See also Conditional expressions]

[] builtin. [See test]

[] character class 2nd 3rd 4th

\ escape character 2nd 3rd

\( in regular expressions

\) in regular expressions

\n in replacement strings

^ bitwise operator

^ in regular expressions

^ quick substitution character

{ expansion

{ in a shell function

| bitwise operator

| Boolean operator 2nd

| in full regular expressions

| pipe 2nd 3rd

|| Boolean operator 2nd

|| Boolean operator 2nd 3rd 4th

} expansion

} in a shell function

~ (tilde) expansion 2nd

~ home directory

~ home directory. [See also Home directory]