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Tables of Contents for Unix for Dummies
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Introduction: How to Use This Book
1
4
What's in This Book
2
1
Conventions Used in This Book
2
1
The Cast of Icons
3
1
Write to Us!
3
2
Part I: Commanding UNIX Using the Shell
5
10
Directories
6
1
Environment Variables
6
1
Filenames
7
1
Help with Commands
7
1
Identifying Your Shell
8
1
Pathnames
8
1
Quoting Characters on the Command Line
9
1
Redirecting with Pipes and Filters
9
1
Shell Prompts
10
1
Special Characters and What They Do
11
2
Startup Files
13
1
Typing Commands
13
1
Wildcards
14
1
Part II: UNIX Commands
15
90
alias
16
1
at
16
2
awk
18
1
bash
18
1
bc
19
1
bg
20
1
cal
20
1
calendar
21
1
cancel
22
1
cat
22
1
cd
23
1
chgrp
24
1
chmod
25
1
chown
26
1
clear
26
1
cmp
27
1
compress
27
1
cp
28
1
cpio
29
2
crontab
31
1
csh
32
1
date
33
1
df
34
1
diff
34
2
diff3
36
1
dircmp
36
1
du
37
1
echo
38
1
ed
38
1
elm
39
1
emacs
39
1
env
39
1
ex
39
1
exit
39
1
fg
40
1
file
41
1
find
42
2
finger
44
1
ftp
45
1
grep
45
2
gunzip
47
1
gzip
48
1
head
49
1
help
49
1
history
50
1
id
51
1
irc
51
1
jobs
51
1
kill
52
1
ksh
53
1
In
53
2
Ip
55
2
Ipq
57
1
Ipr
57
1
Iprm
58
1
Ipstat
59
1
Is
60
2
Iynx
62
1
mail
62
1
man
62
1
mesg
63
1
mkdir
64
1
more
64
1
mv
65
2
nice
67
1
nn
67
1
pack
68
1
passwd
68
1
pico
69
1
pine
69
1
pr
69
2
ps
71
2
pwd
73
1
rcp
73
1
red
73
1
rehash
73
1
rlogin
74
1
rm
74
1
rmdir
75
1
rn
76
1
rsh
76
1
script
76
1
sdiff
77
1
sed
77
1
set
78
1
setenv
79
1
sh
80
1
sleep
81
1
sort
82
1
spell
83
1
stty
84
1
tail
85
1
talk
86
1
tar
86
2
tee
88
1
telnet
89
1
time
89
1
tin
89
1
touch
90
1
trn
90
1
troff
91
1
tty
92
1
umask
92
1
unalias
93
1
uname
94
1
uncompress
95
1
uniq
95
1
unpack
96
1
uucp
97
1
uudecode
98
1
uuencode
99
1
vacation
100
1
vi
100
1
wall
100
1
wc
101
1
who
102
1
write
102
1
zcat
103
2
Part III: Using X Window Managers
105
14
Anatomy of a Window
106
1
Changing the Window Size
106
1
Exiting the Window Manager
107
1
Keyboard Shortcuts
108
1
Motif
108
1
FVWM
108
1
Maximizing a Window
109
1
Minimizing (Iconifying) a Window
109
1
Moving a Window
110
1
Opening a Window in an Obsolete but Easy Way
110
1
Opening Window in a User-Friendly Way
110
1
Restoring a Window
111
1
Restoring a Window from an Icon
111
1
Selecting Several Things with Your Mouse
111
1
Switching Windows
112
1
The Window Menu
112
2
Working with the Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
114
5
CDE Applications
114
1
CDE Windows
115
1
The Front Panel
115
1
Front Panel Subpanels
116
3
Part IV: Using Text Editors
119
12
Using the ed Text Editor
120
2
Starting ed
120
1
Getting out of ed
120
1
ed commands
120
2
Using the emacs Text Editor
122
2
Starting emacs
122
1
Getting out of emacs
122
1
emacs commands
122
2
emacs commands for editing multiple files
124
1
Using the pico Text Editor
124
2
Starting pico
125
1
Getting out of pico
125
1
pico commands
125
1
Using the vi Text Editor
126
5
Starting vi
126
1
Getting out of vi
127
1
vi commands
127
3
vi commands in input mode
130
1
Part V: Sending and Receiving Electronic Mail
131
16
Addressing Your Mail
132
1
elm
132
4
Sending a message
132
1
Reading your messages
133
1
Printing a message
133
1
Saving a message
134
1
Exiting the program
134
1
Changing your elm options
134
1
Getting help
135
1
Command line options
135
1
Mail
136
3
Sending a message
136
1
Reading your messages
137
1
Forwarding a message
137
1
Printing a message
138
1
Saving a message
138
1
Exiting the mail program
138
1
Command line options
138
1
Pine
139
5
Sending a message
139
1
Reading your messages
140
1
Replying to a message
141
1
Forwarding a message
141
1
Printing a message
141
1
Saving a message
142
1
Deleting a message
142
1
Adding an address to an address book
143
1
Retrieving an address from an address book
143
1
Exiting the program
143
1
Changing options
144
1
Getting help
144
1
Sending Mail Using Other Mail Programs
144
3
Part VI: Connecting to Other Computers
147
16
FTP
148
6
Connecting to a remote system
148
1
Connecting by using anonymous FTP
148
1
Quitting FTP
149
1
Listing the files in a directory
149
1
Moving to other directories
150
1
Retrieving files
150
1
Retrieving groups of files
151
1
Decompressing files that you have retrieved
151
1
Downloading retrieved files to your PC
152
1
Sending files to a remote system using FTP
153
1
Summary of FTP commands
154
1
IRC: Chatting with Others on the Net
154
4
Starting IRC
155
1
Finding IRC channels
155
1
Joining an IRC channel
156
1
Quitting IRC
156
1
Getting help with IRC commands
156
1
Chatting by using IRC commands
156
1
Summary of IRC commands
157
1
Having an IRC private conversation
158
1
rcp
158
1
Copying files from a remote computer
158
1
Copying all the files in a directory
159
1
rlogin and rsh
159
3
Connecting to a remote computer
159
1
Disconnecting from a remote computer
160
1
Running commands on a remote computer by using rsh
160
1
Logging in automatically by using rlogin and rsh
161
1
telnet
162
1
Connecting to a remote computer
162
1
Disconnecting from a remote computer
162
1
Part VII: Finding Resources on the Net
163
8
Internet Explorer
164
1
Lynx
164
2
Going directly to a page
164
1
Going back to a previous page
165
1
Searching within Web pages
165
1
Key summary
165
1
Netscape
166
2
Starting up
166
1
Going to a new page
166
1
Going back to a previous page
167
1
Finding places to go in Netscape
167
1
Printing a page
167
1
Saving a file
168
1
Freeing disk space
168
1
Quitting Netscape
168
1
Resource Indexes
168
3
Part VIII: Usenet Newsgroups
171
16
Netiquette: Avoiding Getting Flamed
172
1
Reading Usenet Newsgroups with trn
172
15
Starting your newsreader
172
2
Changing the order in which newsgroups appear
174
1
Choosing which new newsgroups to subscribe to
174
1
Dealing with rot-13 articles
175
1
Dealing with shar files
175
1
Dealing with uuencoded files
175
1
Exiting the newsreader
176
1
Finding articles on specific topics
176
1
Finding a newsgroup
177
1
Getting help
177
1
Posting a new article
178
1
Reading articles
179
1
Replying to and following up an article
180
1
Sending an e-mail reply
181
1
Posting a news follow-up
181
1
Saving an article
181
1
Selecting newsgroups to read
182
1
Selecting the threads that you want to read
182
2
Skipping over a newsgroup
184
1
Skipping an uninteresting or offensive article
184
1
Skipping unread articles
184
1
Unsubscribing to a newsgroup
185
1
Understanding Newsgroup Names
185
2
Glossary: Techie Talk
187
14
Index
201
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