[...]... written and published by a number of Linux activists These magazines are two of the oldest among many monthly print and online magazines devoted to Linux With both print editions and websites, they offer articles ranging from questions and answers for novices to kernel programming internals Linux Journal, at http://www linuxjournal.com, is the older magazine Linux Magazine is at http://www .linux- mag com... http://linuxinsider.com Linux Insider, a news feed http://linuxtoday.com Linux Today, another news feed http://slashdot.org Slashdot, a famous discussion list Preface | This is the Title of at WoweBook.Com Edition Download the Book, eMatter Copyright © 2009 O’Reilly & Associates, Inc All rights reserved xvii Linux Journal and Linux Magazine Linux Journal and Linux Magazine are monthly magazines for the Linux. .. Tables Absolutely Essential Commands Command-Line Syntax Summary of Commands by Group File-Handling Commands Cursor-Movement Commands Deletion Commands Paragraphs and Regions Stopping and Undoing Commands Transposition Commands Search Commands Capitalization Commands Word-Abbreviation Commands Buffer-Manipulation Commands Window Commands Special Shell Characters Indentation Commands Centering Commands... Groups engage in such activities as installation days, talks and seminars, demonstration nights, and purely social events Linux User Groups are a great way of meeting other Linux users in your area There are a number of published lists of Linux User Groups Linux Online (http://www .linux. org) has a list of Linux user groups organized by country at http://www .linux. org/groups Using Code Examples This... distributable source code and infinitely adaptable interfaces 2 | Chapter 1: Introduction Download at WoweBook.Com For the first several years after its appearance, users were attracted to Linux for a variety of financial and political reasons, but soon they discovered an unexpected benefit: Linux works better than many commercial systems With the Samba file and print server, for instance, Linux provides... words Search the system for files by name and take a range of possible actions Search files for text patterns Search a preexisting database to show where files are on the system Search file for string at the beginning of lines Search binary files for text patterns Update the locate database Find command Print pathname of a command Chapter 1: Introduction Download at WoweBook.Com Command basename echo... reserved Chapter 1Introduction 1 Introduction It is hard to chart the rise of Linux without risking the appearance of exaggeration and hyperbole During the past few years alone, Linux has grown from a student/hacker playground to an upstart challenger in the server market to a wellrespected system taking its rightful place in educational and corporate networks Many serious analysts claim that its trajectory... of Linux systems Among its topics are booting, package management, and revision control But foremost in Linux in a Nutshell are the immeasurable utilities and commands that make Linux one of the most powerful and flexible systems available In addition to the tools and features written specifically for it, Linux has inherited many from the Free Software Foundation’s GNU project, the Berkeley Software... know absolutely nothing about Unix, we recommend you read a basic guide (introductory chapters in the O’Reilly books Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, by Bill McCarty, and Running Linux, mentioned previously, can get you started) This chapter and Chapter 2 offer a context for understanding different kinds of commands (including commands for programming, system administration, and network administration)... t for “tutorial.”) The Subversion and Git version control systems manage files so you can retrieve old versions and maintain different versions simultaneously Originally used by programmers, who have complicated requirements for building and maintaining applications, these tools have turned out to be valuable for anyone who maintains files of any type, particularly when coordinating a team of people . Magazine Linux Journal and Linux Magazine are monthly magazines for the Linux commu- nity, written and published by a number of Linux activists. These magazines. questions and answers for novices to kernel programming internals. Linux Journal,athttp://www. linuxjournal.com, is the older magazine. Linux Magazine is at http://www .linux- mag. com. Usenet