LINUX Start-up Guide

1.1 Linux Versus Unix.- 1.2 Kernel Architecture.- 1.3 Guide.- 1.4 Typographical Conventions.- Development of Unix.- 2.1 Academic Versions.- 2.2 Commercial Breakthrough.- 2.3 PC Unix Variants.- 2.4 Free Unix Distributions.- Operating Linux.- 3.1 Login, Logout, Shutdown.- 3.1.1 Virtual Consoles.- 3.2 Quick Lead-in.- 3.3 Command Interpreter.- 3.3.1 Command Syntax.- 3.3.2 Environment Variables.- 3.3.3 Editing the Command Line.- 3.3.4 Wildcards.- 3.3.5 Redirecting the Input and Output.- 3.3.6 Command Sequences and Background Processes.- 3.3.7 Pipelines.- 3.4 User Profiles.- 3.5 Online Help.- Programs and Processes.- 4.1 Process Monitoring.- 4.1.1 ps.- 4.1.2 top.- 4.1.3 time.- 4.2 Creating Processes.- 4.3 Process Signals.- 4.4 Independent Processes.- 4.5 Process Priority.- 4.6 Daemons.- 4.6.1 Interval Controlled Daemons.- 4.6.2 Signal Controlled Daemons.- Files and File Systems.- 5.1 File Systems.- 5.2 The Directory Tree.- 5.3 File Types.- 5.4 File Attributes.- 5.5 Device Files.- 5.6 Device Administration.- 5.6.1 Keyboard Adaption.- 5.6.2 Graphics Mode.- 5.6.3 Hard Disk Administration.- 5.6.4 CD-ROM Operation.- 5.6.5 Diskette (Floppy) Operation.- 5.6.6 Magnetic Tape Drives.- 5.6.7 Serial Connections.- 5.6.8 Printer Administration.- 5.6.9 Ethernet Configuration.- 5.6.10 Audio Configuration.- File Oriented Commands.- 6.1 Changing the Working Directory: cd.- 6.1.1 Displaying the Working Directory: pwd.- 6.2 Creating and Removing.- 6.2.1 Creating Directories: mkdir.- 6.2.2 Removing Directories: rmdir 86 moments.- 6.2.3 Creating Files.- 6.2.4 Removing Files: rm.- 6.3 Displaying Contents.- 6.3.1 Information on File Systems: mount and df.- 6.3.2 Directory Information: Is and du.- 6.3.3 File Type Identification: file.- 6.3.4 Displaying Files: cat, head and tail.- 6.3.5 Displaying Text Files: more.- 6.3.6 Displaying Binary Files: od, nm and strings.- 6.4 Renaming Entries.- 6.5 Changing Attributes.- 6.5.1 Changing Access Permissions: chmod.- 6.5.2 Changing File Owners: chown.- 6.5.3 Changing the Group Identification: chgrp.- 6.5.4 Modifying Time Stamps: touch.- 6.6 Copying, Saving, Reloading.- 6.6.1 Copying Files: cp.- 6.6.2 Archive Programs: cpio and tar.- 6.6.3 Copying and Converting: dd.- 6.6.4 Saving Files and File Systems: dump.- 6.6.5 Restoring Files and File Systems: restore.- 6.7 Searching, Comparing, Sorting.- 6.7.1 Searching for File Names: find.- 6.7.2 Searching for File Contents: grep.- 6.7.3 Comparing File Contents: cmp and diff.- 6.7.4 Sorting Text Files: sort.- 6.8 Formatting Files.- 6.8.1 Preparing Printer Output: pr.- 6.8.2 Tab Conversion: expand and unexpand.- 6.8.3 Breaking Text Lines: fold.- 6.8.4 Merging Text Files: paste.- 6.8.5 Cutting Columns: cut.- 6.8.6 List Processing: awk.- 6.8.7 Character Translation: tr.- 6.9 Data Compression.- 6.9.1 LZC Compression: compress and uncompress.- 6.9.2 LZ77 Compression: gzip and gunzip.- 6.10 Regular Expressions.- 6.10.1 Basic Regular Expressions.- 6.10.2 Range Information.- 6.10.3 Word and Line Limits.- 6.10.4 Repetitions.- 6.10.5 Chaining Regular Expressions.- Editors.- 7.1 The Stream Editor sed.- 7.1.1 sed Addresses.- 7.1.2 sed Commands.- 7.2 The Screen Editor vi.- 7.2.1 Starting and Quitting vi.- 7.2.2 vi Operation Modes.- 7.2.3 Input and Replacement Modes.- 7.2.4 Moving the Cursor.- 7.2.5 Deleting, Replacing, Copying.- 7.2.6 Marks, Keyboard Sequences, Abbreviations.- 7.2.7 ex Commands.- 7.2.8 Searching and Replacing.- 7.2.9 vi Options.- 7.3 GNUEmacs.- 7.3.1 Starting and Quitting Emacs.- 7.3.2 Basic Commands.- 7.3.3 Moving the Cursor.- 7.3.4 Deleting.- 7.3.5 Marking.- 7.3.6 Searching.- 7.3.7 Replacing.- 7.3.8 Restoring.- 7.3.9 Loading and Saving Files.- 7.3.10 Switching Buffers.- 7.3.11 Window Commands.- 7.3.12 Command Sequences.- 7.3.13 Repeat Execution.- 7.3.14 Abbreviations *.- 7.3.15 Online Help.- 7.3.16 Modes.- 7.3.17 Application Packages.- 7.3.18 Miscellaneous.- 7.3.19 The GNU Emacs as an X Application.- Shell Programs.- 8.1 Linux Shells.- 8.2 bash and ksh.- 8.2.1 Variables.- 8.2.2 Input and Output.- 8.2.3 Branches.- 8.2.4 Loops.- 8.2.5 Functions.- 8.2.6 Starting Shell Programs.- 8.2.7 Signals.- 8.2.8 Shell Internal Functions.- 8.2.9 External Help Programs.- 8.3 tcsh Programs.- 8.3.1 tcsh Variables.- 8.3.2 Input and Output.- 8.3.3 Branches.- 8.3.4 Loops.- 8.3.5 Jump Command.- 8.3.6 Signals.- Networked Systems.- 9.1 Network Topologies.- 9.2 Protocol Families.- 9.3 OSI.- 9.4 TCP/IP.- 9.5 System Addresses.- 9.5.1 Internet Addresses.- 9.5.2 Domain Addresses.- 9.6 Network Services.- 9.7 Network Configuration.- 9.7.1 Serial Login.- 9.7.2 SLIP Connections.- 9.7.3 PPP Connections.- TCP/IP Applications.- 10.1 Network Analysis.- 10.2 telnet.- 10.3 Berkeley r Utilities.- 10.3.1 rlogin Remote Login.- 10.3.2 rsh Remote Shell.- 10.3.3 rep Remote Copy.- 10.4 Terminal Emulators.- 10.5 File Transfer.- 10.5.1 ftp 7 f.- 10.5.2 Anonymous ftp.- 10.6 Electronic Mail.- 10.6.1 Mail Protocols.- 10.6.2 Linux MTAs.- 10.6.3 Linux MUAs.- 10.6.4 Graphic Linux MUAs.- 10.6.5 Mailbox Systems.- 10.7 News.- 10.7.1 Linux News Clients.- 10.7.2 Off-line News.- 10.8 Dialog Programs.- 10.8.1 talk and ytalk.- 10.8.2 Internet Relay Chat.- 10.9 Information Systems.- 10.9.1 FTP Search Help.- 10.9.2 Gopher.- 10.9.3 World Wide Web.- X Window System.- 11.1 Window Systems.- 11.2 Architecture of X11.- 11.3 Widgets.- 11.4 Working with X11.- 11.4.1 Starting and Killing the X Server.- 11.4.2 X Server Addresses and Access Permissions.- 11.4.3 MIT X Clients.- 11.5 X Resources.- 11.6 X Fonts.- 11.7 X Colors.- X Window Manager.- 12.1 Tab Window Manager twm and ctwm.- 12.1.1 twm Decorations and Functions.- 12.1.2 twm Configuration.- 12.1.3 Variable Section.- 12.1.4 Binding Section.- 12.1.5 Menu Section.- 12.2 OpenLook WMs olwm and olvwm.- 12.2.1 olwm Decorations and Functions.- 12.2.2 olwm Configuration.- 12.3 F(?) Virtual Window Manager fvwm.- 12.3.1 fvwm Decorations and Functions.- 12.3.2 fvwm Configuration.- 12.3.3 Color Information.- 12.3.4 General Parameters.- 12.3.5 Path Names.- 12.3.6 Style Options.- 12.3.7 Function Definitions.- 12.3.8 Menu Definitions.- 12.3.9 Keyboard and Mouse Bindings.- 12.3.10 Module Options.