[...]... http://linuxsecurity.com Linux Security, a collection of security-related news http://linuxinsider.com Linux Insider, a news feed http://linuxtoday.com Linux Today, another news feed http://slashdot.org Slashdot, a famous discussion list Preface | xvii Linux Journal and Linux Magazine Linux Journal and Linux Magazine are monthly magazines for the Linux community, written and published by a number of Linux. .. Tables Absolutely Essential Commands Command-Line Syntax Summary of Commands by Group File-Handling Commands Cursor-Movement Commands Deletion Commands Paragraphs and Regions Stopping and Undoing Commands Transposition Commands Search Commands Capitalization Commands Word-Abbreviation Commands Buffer-Manipulation Commands Window Commands Special Shell Characters Indentation Commands Centering Commands... Linux activists These magazines are two of the oldest among many monthly print and online magazines devoted to Linux With both print editions and websites, they offer articles ranging from questions and answers for novices to kernel programming internals Linux Journal, at http://www linuxjournal.com, is the older magazine Linux Magazine is at http://www .linux- mag com Usenet Newsgroups Most people can... important commands and utilities available on Linux systems Chapter 1, Introduction, explains Linux s strengths and the key aspects of working with Linux, and lays out the scope of this book Chapter 2, System and Network Administration Overview, introduces TCP/IP networking and the Linux commands used for system administration and network management Chapter 3, Linux Commands, is the core of the book, a. .. listing of hundreds of the most important shell commands available on Linux Chapter 4, Boot Methods, covers the commands used to control booting on Linux, particularly LILO and GRUB Chapter 5, Package Management, explains the apt series of commands that manage updating and installation on Debian, and the RPM system and yum used by Red Hat/Fedora, Novell/SUSE, and several other distributions of Linux. .. to separate items for which only one alternative may be chosen at a time Preface This icon indicates a note, which is an important aside to its nearby text This icon indicates a warning A final word about syntax In many cases, the space between an option and its argument can be omitted In other cases, the spacing (or lack of spacing) must be followed strictly For example, -wn (no intervening space) might... chapters in the O’Reilly books Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, by Bill McCarty, and Running Linux, mentioned previously, can get you started) This chapter and Chapter 2 offer a context for understanding different kinds of commands (including commands for programming, system administration, and network administration) Chapter 3 is the central focus of the book, containing about one half... package-management tools that simplify package management and automatically resolve dependencies These tools include yum for rpm-based systems and aptitude and synaptic for Debian-based systems Package managers are useful for installing and updating software; they make sure you have all the files you need in the proper versions All commands are interpreted by the shell The shell is simply a program... buck and the ease of deploying other powerful tools on Linux, such as Apache, Samba, and Java environments They also cite Linux s ability to grow and sprout new features of interest to large numbers of users But these advantages can be traced back to the concept of software freedom, which is the root of the broad wave of innovation driving Linux As free software, Linux revives the grand creativity and... string at the beginning of lines Search binary files for text patterns Update the locate database Find command Print pathname of a command Command basename echo envsubst expr mktemp printf sleep test Introduction Shell Programming Action Remove leading directory components from a path Repeat command-line arguments on the output Substitute the value of environment variables into strings Perform arithmetic . feed http://linuxtoday.com Linux Today, another news feed http://slashdot.org Slashdot, a famous discussion list xviii | Preface Linux Journal and Linux Magazine Linux Journal and Linux Magazine are. GRUB. Chapter 5, Package Management, explains the apt series of commands that manage updating and installation on Debian, and the RPM system and yum used by Red Hat/Fedora, Novell/SUSE, and several. covers all aspects of administering and making effective use of Linux systems. Among its topics are booting, package management, and revision control. But foremost in Linux in a Nutshell are the