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~@`~`

to refer to home directory

*@`*`
-@`-` to begin command options
.bash_profile@`.bash_profile`
.bashrc@`.bashrc`
.profile@`.profile`
.tcshrc@`.tcshrc`
/@`/`

in pathnames

/@`/`

root directory name

/bin/bash@`/bin/bash`
/bin/csh@`/bin/csh`
/bin/sh@`/bin/sh`
/bin/tcsh@`/bin/tcsh`
/dev/console@`/dev/console`
/dev/cua@`/dev/cua`
/dev/hd@`/dev/hd`
/dev/lp@`/dev/lp`
/dev/null@`/dev/null`
/dev/pty@`/dev/pty`
/dev/tty@`/dev/tty`
/dev/ttyS@`/dev/ttyS`
/etc/csh.login@`csh.login`
/etc/fstab@`/etc/fstab`
/etc/getty@`/etc/getty`
/etc/group@`/etc/group`

format of

/etc/host.conf@`/etc/host.conf`
/etc/hosts@`/etc/hosts`
/etc/Image@`/etc/Image`
/etc/init@`/etc/init`
/etc/inittab@`/etc/inittab`
/etc/networks@`/etc/networks`
/etc/passwd@`/etc/passwd`
/etc/profile@`/etc/profile`
/etc/rc.local@`/etc/rc.local`
/etc/rc@`/etc/rc`
/etc/resolve.conf@`/etc/resolve.conf`
/etc/zImage@`/etc/zImage`
/etc@`/etc`
/home@`/home`
/Image@`/Image`
/lib@`/lib`
/proc@`/proc`
/proc@`/proc`

mounting of

/sbin@`/sbin`
/tmp@`/tmp`
/usr/etc@`/usr/etc`
/usr/g++-include@`/urs/g++-include`
/usr/include@`/usr/include`
/usr/lib@`/usr/lib`
/usr/local@`/usr/local`
/usr/man@`/usr/man`
/usr/src@`/usr/src`
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config@`/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config`
/usr/X386@`/usr/X386`
/usr@`/usr`
/var/adm@`/var/adm`
/var/spool@`/var spool`
/var@`/var`
/vmlinix@`/vmlinux`
/zImage@`/zImage`
386BSD
>@`>`
<@`<`
?@`?`
account

creating

addgroup@`addgroup`
adding users
adding users

with adduser@with `adduser`
with useradd@with `useradd`

adduser@`adduser`
afio@`afio`
alpha
archiving files|(
archiving files|)
argument

command

defined

backflops@`backflops`
backgrounding jobs
background process
backups

incremental
multi-volume
to floppy disk

backups|(
backups|)
bash@`bash`
BBS list|(
BBS list|)
BBS software
BBS software

FidoNet

beta
bg@`bg`
bin@`/bin`
books|(
books|)
boot floppy
boot floppy

creating

boot floppy|(
boot floppy|)
booting
booting

from maintenance floppy
problems
,
problems|(
problems|)
with LILO|(
with LILO|)

booting Linux

with boot floppy

booting non-Linux systems
booting|(
booting|)
boot scripts
Bourne again shell
Bourne shell ,
broadcast address

defined

bugs
cat@`cat`

to view file contents

cat@`cat`
cd@`cd`|(
cd@`cd`|)
cd@`cd`
chfn@`chfn`
chmod@`chmod`
chsh@`chsh`
client

news

defined

C News
Coherent
command

argument

defined

defined

command not found error message@`command not found` error message
commands

-@`-` to begin options
grouping with shell scripts
summary of basic|(
summary of basic|)

commercial support
compress@`compress`
compressing files|(
compressing files|)
configuration scripts

for TCP/IP

console

defined
device name for
virtual

copy files
copying Linux
copying Linux|( ,
copying Linux|) ,
copyright|( ,
copyright|) ,
core dumps
cp@`cp`
cp@`cp`
csh@`csh`
C Shell (csh)@C Shell (`csh`)
C Shell (csh)@C Shell (`csh`)
current working directory

defined

databases
debugging

core dumps

delete

directory
files

deleting users
deluser@`deluser`
dev/sd@`/dev/sd`
dev/sr@`/dev/sr`
dev/st@`/dev/st`
dev@`/dev`
development

alpha
beta
conventions

device driver
devices

/dev/console@`/dev/console`
/dev/cua@`/dev/cua`
/dev/hd@`/dev/hd`
/dev/lp@`/dev/lp`
/dev/null@`/dev/null`
/dev/pty@`/dev/pty`
/dev/sd@`/dev/sd`
/dev/sr@`/dev/sr`
/dev/st@`/dev/st`
/dev/tty@`/dev/tty`
/dev/ttyS@`/dev/ttyS`
accessing
console
fd@`fd`
floppy disk
hard drives
null
parallel ports
pseudo-terminals
SCSI
serial ports
virtual consoles

dip@`dip`
dip@`dip`

static IP address with

dip@`dip`

dynamic IP address with

dip@`dip`

connecting to SLIP server with|(

dip@`dip`

chat script for|(

dip@`dip`

chat script for|)

dip@`dip`

connecting to SLIP server with|)

directory

. to refer to@`.` to refer to
/etc@`/etc`
/home@`/home`
/lib@`/lib`
/proc@`/proc`
/sbin@`/sbin`
/tmp@`/tmp`
/usr/bin@`/usr/bin`
/usr/etc@`/usr/etc`
/usr/g++-include@`/urs/g++-include`
/usr/include@`/usr/include`
/usr/lib@`/usr/lib`
/usr/local@`/usr/local`
/usr/man@`/usr/man`
/usr/src@`/usr/src`
/usr/X386@`/usr/X386`
/usr@`/usr`
/var/adm@`/var/adm`
/var/spool@`/var spool`
/var@`/var`
bin@`/bin`
creating
current working

defined

defined
delete
dev@`/dev`
home

defined
to refer to@`~` to refer to

listing contents of|(
listing contents of|)
nesting
parent
parent

.. to refer to@`..` to refer to

permisions

execute
read
write

permissions

changing
dependencies of

root

defined

structure
structure

moving around in with cd@moving around in with `cd`

tree
working

defined

disabling users
disasters

recovery from

with maintenance floppy

recovery from|(
recovery from|)

distributions
distributions

Internet, getting from the
list|(
list|)
mail order
online sources

distributions|(
distributions|)
documentation

books
books|(
books|)
Frequently Asked Questions
HOWTO documents
info files
Linux Documentation Project
Linux Documentation Project|(
Linux Documentation Project|)
Linux Software Map
online
online

FAQ
HOWTO documents

online|(
online|)
texinfo@`texinfo`

documentation|(
documentation|)
Doom
e-mail

mailer

defined

transport

defined

e-mail|(
e-mail|)
e2fsck@`e2fsck`
e2fsck@`e2fsck`
echo@`echo`
editor

defined

editors
efsck@`efsck`
elm@`elm`
Emacs ,
emergencies

recovery from

with maintenance floppy

recovery from|(
recovery from|)

end-of-text signal
environment

customizing|(
customizing|)
variables

PATH@`PATH`

EOT (end of text) signal
error messages

command not found@error messages

`command not found`

ethernet
ethernet

supported cards

executable

defined

executables
exit@`exit`
export@`export`
FAQ
fdisk@`fdisk`
fdisk@`fdisk`

under MS-DOS

fdisk@`fdisk`|(
fdisk@`fdisk`|)
features

kernel|(
kernel|)
system|(
system|)

fg@`fg`
FidoNet
file

copy
delete
executable

defined

move

filename

defined

filenames

wildcard characters in|(
wildcard characters in|)

files

appeding to
archiving|(
archiving|)
backing up|(
backing up|)
compressing|(
compressing|)
defined
device
hidden

not matched by wildcards

inode numbers of
links|(
links|)
listing permissions of with ls@listing permissions of with `ls`
listing|(
listing|)
MS-DOS
owership of by group
owership of by user
permisions

execute
read
write

permissions

changing
defined
dependencies of
group
interpreting

permissions of|(
permissions of|)
recovering
viewing contents of

filesystem

exploring|(
exploring|)

filesystems , ,
filesystems

/etc/fstab@`/etc/fstab`
checking
creating|(
creating|)
fixing corrupted
mounting|(
mounting|)
on floppy disk
root
unmounting
unmounting

with shutdown or halt@unmounting with `shutdown` or `halt`

filesystems|(
filesystems|)
filter

defined

find@`find`

for incremental backups

FIPS@`FIPS`
floating-point math
floppy disk

boot/root
device names for
maintenance
unmounting

floppy disks

as backup medium
file systems on

forground process
free software
Free Software Foundation ,
Frequently Asked Questions
fsck@`fsck`
fsck@`fsck`
FTP

anonymous
archive site list
using|(
using|)

ftpmail@`ftpmail`
fullname

setting with chfn@setting with `chfn`

functionality
games
games

Doom

gateway address

defined

gcc@`gcc`

upgrading

gdb@`gdb`
General Public License|( ,
General Public License|) ,
getting help
getty@`getty`
GNU
GNU

General Public License|(
,
General Public License|)
,

gprof@`gprof`
grep@`grep`
groff@`groff`
groupadd@`groupadd`
group ID

defined

groups ,
groups

adding
deleting

groups@`groups`
gzip@`gzip`
hacker
halt@`halt`
hard drive

problems

hard drives

device names for

hardware

problems

conflicts|(
conflicts|)
hard drive|(
hard drive|)
SCSI|(
SCSI|)

problems|(
problems|)

hardware support

CD-ROM
controller
CPU
drive space
ethernet cards
,
hard drive
memory
mice
modems
monitor
motherboard
printers
SCSI
,
tape drives
video card
,

hardware support|(
hardware support|)
help

getting|(
getting|)
online

home directory

defined
,
to refer to@`~` to refer to

hostname

`hostname`
defined
setting
,

hostname@`hostname`
HOWTO documents ,
HURD
ifconfig@`ifconfig`
inetd@`inetd`
Ingres
init@`init`
initialization files

for shells

initialization scripts

for shells

inittab@`inittab`
INN
inode number

defined

input

redirecting

installation

boot floppy|(
boot floppy|)
booting Linux
LILO|(
LILO|)
mke2fs@`mke2fs`|(
mke2fs@`mke2fs`|)
mkswap@`mkswap`|(
mkswap@`mkswap`|)
other procedures
overview|(
overview|)
preparation|(
preparation|)
problems

booting
,
booting|(
booting|)
errors
file permissions
hardware|(
hardware|)
LILO
logging in
media errors
postinstallation|(
postinstallation|)

problems|(
problems|)
repartitioning
repartitioning|(
repartitioning|)

installation|(
installation|)
Internet ,
Internet

mailing lists

IP address

defined

IRQ
job

background
, ,
background

kill

defined
forground
interupt
inturpting
kill
restarting
stopping
suspended

job control
job control|(
job control|)
jobs@`jobs`
kernel

compiling
compiling compressed image
features|(
features|)
sources for
upgrading

kernel image

compressed
file name of

kill@`kill`
LaTeX@
libraries
libraries

fixing corrupted
shared
upgrading

LILO

as boot loader
installing
problems booting
problems installing
selecting default operating system for

LILO|( ,
LILO|) ,
links

display number of
hard
symbolic

links|(
links|)
Linux

and cost
bugs
commercial support
copying
copyright|(
,
copyright|)
,
development
distributions
getting
history
installing|(
installing|)
philosophy|(
philosophy|)
pronunciation
sources of information
stability
system features|(
system features|)

Linux-Activists mailing list
Linux Documentation Project
Linux Documentation Project|(
Linux Documentation Project|)
Linux Journal
Linux Software Map ,
Linux|(
Linux|)
listing directory contents|(
listing directory contents|)
logging in
logging in

problems

logging out

with exit command@with `exit` command

login
login name

defined

login shell

defined
,
setting with chsh@setting with `chsh`

ls@`ls`|(
ls@`ls`|)
ls@`ls`
ls@`ls`

listing file permissions with

mailer

for e-mail

mailers
mailing lists
mailing lists

Linux-Activists

mail order
mailx@`mailx`
maintenance floppy
man@`man`
man@`man`
manual pages
master boot record
Mbase
METAFONT
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows

emulator

Minix ,
mkdir@`mkdir`
mkdir@`mkdir`
mke2fs@`mke2fs`|(
mke2fs@`mke2fs`|)
mke2fs@`mke2fs`

for floppy disk

mkswap@`mkswap`|(
mkswap@`mkswap`|)
mkswap@`mkswap`
money
more@`more`
more@`more`
Motif
mount@`mount`

mounting floppy disk with

mount@`mount`
mount@`mount`

to mount MS-DOS partition

mount point

defined

move files
MS-DOS

accessing files from
,
emulator
,
mounting partion under Linux
repartitioning
running programs from Linux
using Mtools to access files

MS-DOS|(
MS-DOS|)
multitasking
multitasking

defined

multiuser

defined

mv@`mv`
mv@`mv`
named@`named`
nameserver address

defined

NET-2
NET-2

support for serial line Internet protocol (SLIP)

NetBSD
netstat@`netstat`
network address

defined

networking
networking

and X Windows
ethernet cards, supported
,
FTP
NET-2
news
news|(
news|)
NFS
,
NNTP
PPP
SLIP
,
TCP/IP|(
TCP/IP|)
UUCP
UUCP|(
UUCP|)

networking|(
networking|)
network mask

defined

news

client

defined

news readers

defined
rn@`rn`
tin@`rn`

server

C News
defined
INN

UUCP

news readers
news readers

defined

news|(
news|)
NFS
null file
operating sytems

booting non-Linux
,

OS/2|(
OS/2|)
output

redirecting

parallel port

device name for

parent directory
parent directory

.. to refer to@`..` to refer to

partitions ,
partitions

fdisk@`fdisk`
fdisk@`fdisk`|(
fdisk@`fdisk`|)
Linux|(
Linux|)
size

partition table
passwd@`passwd`
passwd@`passwd`
password

changing with passwd@changing with `passwd`
defined
fixing root

password file

format of

pathname

absolute
defined
full
relative

permissions

changing
defined
dependencies of
execute
for shell scripts
group
interpreting
of files|(
of files|)
problems
read
write

pipelining

defined

pipes

creating
using|(
using|)

POSIX.1
Postgres
PPP ,
process

background
background

kill

defined
forground
ID

defined

interupt
interupting
kill
ps to list@`ps` to list

programming

core dumps
languages
libraries
UNIX
utilities

programming|(
programming|)
protected mode
ps@`ps`
pseudo-terminals
RAWRITE.EXE@`RAWRITE.EXE`
rc.inet1@`rc.inet1`
rc.inet1@`rc.inet1`

sample

rc.inet2@`rc.inet2`
rc.inet2@`rc.inet2`
rc.inet2@`rc.inet2`

sample

rc.inet@`rc.inet`
rc.local@`rc.local`
rc.net@`rc.net`
rc@`rc`
rc@`rc`

files

defined

rc@`rc`

files

for TCP/IP

rdev@`rdev`
reading

suggested|(
suggested|)

redirection

non-destructive
standard input
standard output

repartitioning

concepts
fdisk@`fdisk`
fdisk@`fdisk`

under MS-DOS

FIPS@`FIPS`

repartitioning|(
repartitioning|)
rm@`rm`
rm@`rm`
rmdir@`rmdir`
rmdir@`rmdir`
rn@`rn`
root

fixing password for

root account

eithical issues
privleges of
using different prompt for

root account|(
root account|)
root device

setting name of with rdev@setting name of with `rdev`

root directory

defined

root filesystem
route@`route`
route@`route`

entry in /etc/networks required for@entry in `/etc/networks` required for

routed@`routed`
scientific software
SCSI

problems|(
problems|)

SCSI devices

names for

security
sendmail@`sendmail`
serial line Internet protocol
serial line Internet protocol|(
serial line Internet protocol|)
serial ports

device names for

setenv@`setenv`
Seyon
shareware
shells
shells

Bourne again shell
Bourne shell
C shell
defined
initializtion files
job control provided by
prompt
variables

defined

wildcard characters for|(
wildcard characters for|)
wildcard expansion

shell script
shell script

defined

shell scripts

comments in
defined
initializtion
permissions for
variables in

shells|(
shells|)
shell variables

exporting to environment

shutdown command@`shutdown` command
shutdown command@`shutdown` command
shutting down|(
shutting down|)
Slackware

getting|(
getting|)
installing|(
installing|)

slattach@`slattach`
SLIP , ,
SLIP

connecting to server with dip@connecting to servier with `dip`
device names for
dynamic IP address with dip@dynamic IP address with `dip`
static IP address with dip@static IP address with `dip`
static IP address with slattach@static IP address with `slattach`

SLIP|(
SLIP|)
Smail@`Smail`
software

bash@`bash`
installing|(
installing|)
tcsh@`tcsh`
upgrading|(
upgrading|)
where to find releases

software|(
software|)
sound support
sources of information|(
sources of information|)
stability
standard input

redirecting

standard input|(
standard input|)
standard output

redirecting

standard output|(
standard output|)
standards
startup scripts
stattach@`slattach`

static IP addresses with

stdin
stdout
superblock

defined
fixing corrupted

swap file
swap file

deleting

swap file|(
swap file|)
swapoff@`swapoff`
swapon@`swapon`
swapon@`swapon`
swap partition

in /etc/fstab@in `/etc/fstab`

swap space ,
swap space

creating temporary
creating|(
creating|)

syslogd@`syslogd`
system-defined accounts

root@`root`

system administration

adding users
booting Linux|(
booting Linux|)
duties
security issues
shutting down|(
shutting down|)

system security
Tanenbaum, Andy
tar@`tar`
TCP/IP
TCP/IP

/etc/host.conf@`/etc/host.conf`
/etc/hosts@`/etc/hosts`
/etc/networks@`/etc/networks`
/etc/resolve.conf@`/etc/resolve.conf`
broadcast address
configuration scripts for
configuring
,
debugging
displaying routing tables
gateway address
hardware requirements for
ifconfig@`ifconfig`
inetd@`inetd`
IP address
named@`named`
nameserver address
NET-2 implementation of
network address
network mask
over serial line|(
over serial line|)
point-to-point connection
PPP
rc.inet1@`rc.inet1`
rc.inet1@`rc.inet1`

sample

rc.inet2@`rc.inet2`
rc.inet2@`rc.inet2`

sample

rc.inet@`rc.inet`
rc.net@`rc.net`
route@`route`
routed@`routed`
SLIP

device names for
dynamic IP address with dip@dynamic IP address with `dip`
static IP address with dip@static IP address with `dip`
static IP address with slattach@static IP address with `slattach`

SLIP|(
SLIP|)
syslogd@`syslogd`
troubleshooting

TCP/IP|( ,
TCP/IP|) ,
Tcsh
tcsh@`tcsh`
telecommunications|(
telecommunications|)
term@`term`
TeX@
texinfo@`texinfo`
text editor

comparing
defined

text editors
text processing|(
text processing|)
tin@`tin`
Torvalds, Linus ,
transport

for e-mail

trouble

running into|(
running into|)

UID

defined

umount@`umount`

unmounting floppy disks with

umount@`umount`
UNIX

basic concepts|(
basic concepts|)
commercial
,
commercial|(
commercial|)
directory structure
for the PC
for the PC|(
for the PC|)
free implementations
manual pages for
multitasking

defined

popularity
wizards

unmounting filesystems ,
upgrading
USENET

Linux-related newsgroups
posting tips

USENET|(
USENET|)
user account

creating

useradd@`useradd`
userdel@`userdel`
user ID

defined

username

defined

users

adding
adding

with adduser@adding with `adduser`
with useradd@adding with `useradd`

changing fullname for
changing login shell for
deleting
disabling
full name of
group ID of
home directory of
in groups
list groups for
login shell of
password of
setting attributes for
setting guidelines for
setting password for
system security and
user ID of
username of

UUCP
UUCP|(
UUCP|)
variables

environment
in shell scripts
shell

vendor

list|(
list|)

vi@`vi`
vi@`vi`|(
vi@`vi`

command mode

vi@`vi`

edit mode

vi@`vi`

last line mode

vi@`vi`

starting

vi@`vi`

inserting text|(

vi@`vi`

inserting text|)

vi@`vi`

deleting text|(

vi@`vi`

deleting text|)

vi@`vi`

changing text|(

vi@`vi`

changing text|)

vi@`vi`

moving cursor

vi@`vi`

saving changes

vi@`vi`

writing changes

vi@`vi`

quitting

vi@`vi`

switching files

vi@`vi`

including files

vi@`vi`

shell commands from

vi@`vi`|)
virtual consoles ,
Volkerding, Patrick
wildcard characters

*@`*`
?@`?`
defined
in filnames|(
in filnames|)

wildcard expansion

defined

Windows NT|(
Windows NT|)
WINE
word processing
working directory

defined

X11R6
XF86Config@`XF86Config`
XFree86 ,
XFree86

configuration file for
configuring
hardware requirements for
installing
RAM requirements for
video chipsets supported by

xfsck@`xfsck`
X Window System

defined

X Window System|( ,
X Window System|) ,