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Tables of Contents for Linux Pocket Guide
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
What's in This Book?
1
6
What's Linux?
2
1
What's Fedora Linux?
2
1
What's a Command?
3
1
Users and Superusers
4
1
Reading This Book
5
2
Getting Help
7
2
Fedora: A First View
9
2
The Role of the Shell
10
1
How to Run a Shell
11
1
Logins, Logouts, and Shutdowns
11
2
The Filesystem
13
7
Home Directories
14
1
System Directories
15
3
Operating System Directories
18
1
File Protections
19
1
The Shell
20
13
The Shell Versus Programs
21
1
Selected bash Features
21
8
Job Control
29
3
Killing a Command in Progress
32
1
Terminating a Shell
33
1
Tailoring Shell Behavior
33
1
Installing Software
33
4
Basic File Operations
37
4
Directory Operations
41
2
File Viewing
43
8
File Creation and Editing
51
5
File Properties
56
9
File Location
65
6
File Text Manipulation
71
11
File Compression and Packaging
82
4
File Comparison
86
5
Disks and Filesystems
91
4
Backups and Remote Storage
95
6
File Printing
101
1
Spelling Operations
102
2
Viewing Processes
104
4
Controlling Processes
108
2
Users and Their Environment
110
5
Working with User Accounts
115
3
Becoming the Superuser
118
1
Working with Groups
119
2
Basic Host Information
121
3
Host Location
124
4
Network Connections
128
4
Email
132
4
Web Browsing
136
4
Usenet News
140
2
Instant Messaging
142
2
Screen Output
144
5
Math and Calculations
149
3
Dates and Times
152
3
Scheduling Jobs
155
5
Graphics and Screensavers
160
3
Audio and Video
163
3
Programming with Shell Scripts
166
13
Whitespace and Linebreaks
166
1
Variables
166
1
Input and Output
167
1
Booleans and Return Codes
167
3
Conditionals
170
2
Loops
172
2
Break and Continue
174
2
Creating and Running Shell Scripts
176
1
Command-Line Arguments
177
1
Exiting with a Return Code
178
1
Beyond Shell Scripting
178
1
Final Words
179
Acknowledgments
179