Linux in a nutshell : a desktop quick reference
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Name: Linux in a nutshell : a desktop quick reference /
Author: Siever, Ellen,

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Siever, Ellen,

Contributors

Figgins, Stephen, author.
Weber, Aaron, author.

Published

Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, [2009].

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Book

Edition

6th edition.

ISBN

9780596154486, 0596154488

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xxii, 917 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Published

Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, [2009].

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6th edition.

Language

English

ISBN

9780596154486, 0596154488

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Includes index.

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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.

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

8. 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

10. 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.

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Linux.
Operating systems (Computers)

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Siever, E., Figgins, S., & Weber, A. (2009). Linux in a nutshell: a desktop quick reference (6th edition.). O'Reilly.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Siever, Ellen, Stephen, Figgins and Aaron, Weber. 2009. Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference. O'Reilly.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Siever, Ellen, Stephen, Figgins and Aaron, Weber. Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference O'Reilly, 2009.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Siever, Ellen,, Stephen Figgins, and Aaron Weber. Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference 6th edition., O'Reilly, 2009.

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