The linux command line - a complete introduction

... binding that won’t snap shut. A COMPLETE INTRODUCTION THE LINUX COMMAND LINE THE LINUX COMMAND LINE WILLIAM E. SHOTTS, JR. THE LINUX COMMAND LINE THE LINUX COMMAND LINE SHOTTSPART 4WRITING SHELL ... Repository 153Installing a Package from a Package File 153Removing a Package 154Updating Packages from a Repository 154Upgrading a Package from a Package File 154Listing Installed Packages 155Determining ... can employ on the command line. Consider yourself warned: Learning the command line is not a casual endeavor.On the other hand, learning the Linux command line is extremely rewarding. If you...

... arguments:[me@linuxbox ~]$ aliasalias l.='ls -d .* color=tty'alias ll='ls -l color=tty'alias ls='ls color=tty'alias vi='vim'alias which='alias | /usr/bin/which ... everybody had their own computer. What they might have had was a device called a terminal. A terminal was a communication device that featured a text display screen and a keyboard and just enough ... this:KDE_MULTIHEAD=falseSSH_AGENT_PID=6666HOSTNAME=linuxboxGPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/gpg-PdOt7g/S.gpg-agent:6689:1SHELL=/bin/bashTERM=xtermXDG_MENU_PREFIX=kde-HISTSIZE=1000XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=6d7b05c65846c3eaf3101b0046bd2b0 0-1 208521990.996705 -1 177056199GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/me/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/me/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/me/.gtkrc:/home/me/.kde/share/config/gtkrcGS_LIB=/home/me/.fontsWINDOWID=29360136QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-3.3QTINC=/usr/lib/qt-3.3/includeKDE_FULL_SESSION=trueUSER=meLS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe:What we see is a list of environment variables and their values. For example, we see a variable called USER, which contains the value “me”. The printenv command can also list the value of a...

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... 152Installing a Package from a Repository 153Installing a Package from a Package File 153Removing a Package 154Updating Packages from a Repository 154Upgrading a Package from a Package File 154Listing ... can employ on the command line. Consider yourself warned: Learning the command line is not a casual endeavor.On the other hand, learning the Linux command line is extremely rewarding. If you ... BACKSLASH ESCAPE SEQUENCESIn addition to its role as the escape character, the backslash is also used as part of a notation to represent certain special characters called control codes. The...

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... IV Alternative Linux ShellsChapter20:TheashShell 533What Is the ash Shell? 533 The Original ash Shell 534 The Original ash command line parameters 534 The original ash built-in commands 536 The ... 257Reading a list from a variable 259Reading values from a command 260Changing the field separator 261Reading a directory using wildcards 262 The C-Style for Command 264 The C language for command ... 466Validating a phone number 467Parsing an e-mail address 469Summary 471Chapter18:Advancedsed 473Multiline Commands 473 The next commands 474 The multiline delete command 477 The multiline...

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