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Linux in a nutshell : a desktop quick reference / Ellen Siever ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: In a nutshell (O'Reilly & Associates)Publication details: Beijing ; Sebastopol : O'Reilly, c2009.Edition: 6th edDescription: xxii, 917 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780596154486
  • 0596154488
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 005.432 22
LOC classification:
  • QA76.76.O63 L5459 2009
Other classification:
  • DAT 438f
  • ST 261 L33
  • ST 261 U61
  • ST 261
  • ST 267
Contents:
1. Introduction : The excitement of Linux ; Distribution and support ; Commands on Linux ; What this book offers ; Sources and licenses ; Beginner's guide -- 2. System and network administration overview -- Common commands ; Overview of networking ; Overview of TCP/IP ; Overview of firewalls and masquerading ; Overview of NFS ; Overview of NIS ; Administering NIS ; RPC and XDR -- 3. Linux commands : Alphabetical summary of commands -- 4. Boot methods : The boot process ; LILO: the Linux loader ; GRUB: the grand unified bootloader ; GRUB commands ; Dual-booting Linux and Windows 2000/XP/Vista ; Boot-time kernel options ; initrd: using a RAM disk -- 5. Package management : Yum: Yellowdog updater modified ; The Red Hat package manager ; The Debian package manager -- 6. The Bash shell : Overview of features ; Invoking the shell ; Syntax ; Functions ; Variables ; Arithmetic expressions ; Command history ; Job control ; Command execution ; Restricted shells ; Built-in commands -- 7. Pattern matching : Filenames versus patterns ; Metacharacters ; Metacharacters, listed by program ; Examples of searching -- The Emacs editor : Conceptual overview ; Command-line syntax ; Summary of commands by group ; Summary of commands by key ; Summary of commands by name -- 9. The vi, ex, and vim editors : Conceptual overview ; Command-line syntax ; Review of vi operations ; vi commands ; vi configuration ; ex basics ; Alphabetical summary of ex commands -- The sed editor : Conceptual overview ; Command-line syntax ; Syntax of sed commands ; Group summary of sed commands ; Alphabetical summary of sed commands -- 11. The gawk programming language : Conceptual overview ; Command-line syntax ; Patterns and procedures ; Built-in variables ; Operators ; Variable and array assignment ; User-defined functions ; gawk-specific features ; Implementation limits ; Group listing of awk functions and commands ; Alphabetical summary of awk functions and commands -- 12. Source code management: an overview : Introduction and terminology ; Usage models ; Source code management systems ; Other source code management systems -- 13. The subversion version control system : Conceptual overview ; The subversion command line client: syn ; Repository administration: svnadmin ; Examining the repository: svnlook ; Providing remote access: svnserve -- 14. The Git version control system : Conceptual overview ; Using Git: A quick tour ; The Git command line client: git -- 15. Virtualization command-line tools : Conceptual overview ; Basic virtualization operations ; Xen ; KVM ; libvirt and Red Hat virtual machine manager ; libvirt and virtual machine manager commands ; VMware ESX 3.5 ; VMware networking.
Summary: The latest edition of this popular reference offers a tighter focus on Linux system essentials, as well as more coverage of new capabilities such as virtualization, wireless network management, and revision control with git.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : The excitement of Linux ; Distribution and support ; Commands on Linux ; What this book offers ; Sources and licenses ; Beginner's guide -- 2. System and network administration overview -- Common commands ; Overview of networking ; Overview of TCP/IP ; Overview of firewalls and masquerading ; Overview of NFS ; Overview of NIS ; Administering NIS ; RPC and XDR -- 3. Linux commands : Alphabetical summary of commands -- 4. Boot methods : The boot process ; LILO: the Linux loader ; GRUB: the grand unified bootloader ; GRUB commands ; Dual-booting Linux and Windows 2000/XP/Vista ; Boot-time kernel options ; initrd: using a RAM disk -- 5. Package management : Yum: Yellowdog updater modified ; The Red Hat package manager ; The Debian package manager -- 6. The Bash shell : Overview of features ; Invoking the shell ; Syntax ; Functions ; Variables ; Arithmetic expressions ; Command history ; Job control ; Command execution ; Restricted shells ; Built-in commands -- 7. Pattern matching : Filenames versus patterns ; Metacharacters ; Metacharacters, listed by program ; Examples of searching -- The Emacs editor : Conceptual overview ; Command-line syntax ; Summary of commands by group ; Summary of commands by key ; Summary of commands by name -- 9. The vi, ex, and vim editors : Conceptual overview ; Command-line syntax ; Review of vi operations ; vi commands ; vi configuration ; ex basics ; Alphabetical summary of ex commands -- The sed editor : Conceptual overview ; Command-line syntax ; Syntax of sed commands ; Group summary of sed commands ; Alphabetical summary of sed commands -- 11. The gawk programming language : Conceptual overview ; Command-line syntax ; Patterns and procedures ; Built-in variables ; Operators ; Variable and array assignment ; User-defined functions ; gawk-specific features ; Implementation limits ; Group listing of awk functions and commands ; Alphabetical summary of awk functions and commands -- 12. Source code management: an overview : Introduction and terminology ; Usage models ; Source code management systems ; Other source code management systems -- 13. The subversion version control system : Conceptual overview ; The subversion command line client: syn ; Repository administration: svnadmin ; Examining the repository: svnlook ; Providing remote access: svnserve -- 14. The Git version control system : Conceptual overview ; Using Git: A quick tour ; The Git command line client: git -- 15. Virtualization command-line tools : Conceptual overview ; Basic virtualization operations ; Xen ; KVM ; libvirt and Red Hat virtual machine manager ; libvirt and virtual machine manager commands ; VMware ESX 3.5 ; VMware networking.

The latest edition of this popular reference offers a tighter focus on Linux system essentials, as well as more coverage of new capabilities such as virtualization, wireless network management, and revision control with git.

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