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Linux in a Nutshell, 4th Edition
By Stephen Figgins, Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: June 2003
ISBN	: 0-596-00482-6
Pages	: 944
Slots	: 1

		Copyright
		Preface
			Other Resources
			Conventions
			We'd Like to Hear from You
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Introduction
			Section 1.1.  The Excitement of Linux
			Section 1.2.  Distribution and Support
			Section 1.3.  Commands on Linux
			Section 1.4.  What This Book Offers
			Section 1.5.  Sources and Licenses
			Section 1.6.  Beginner's Guide
		Chapter 2.  System and Network Administration Overview
			Section 2.1.  Common Commands
			Section 2.2.  Overview of Networking
			Section 2.3.  Overview of TCP/IP
			Section 2.4.  Overview of Firewalls and Masquerading
			Section 2.5.  Overview of NFS
			Section 2.6.  Overview of NIS
			Section 2.7.  Administering NIS
			Section 2.8.  RPC and XDR
		Chapter 3.  Linux Commands
			Section 3.1.  Alphabetical Summary of Commands
		Chapter 4.  Boot Methods
			Section 4.1.  The Boot Process
			Section 4.2.  LILO: The Linux Loader
			Section 4.3.  GRUB: The Grand Unified Bootloader
			Section 4.4.  GRUB Commands
			Section 4.5.  Loadlin: Booting from MS-DOS
			Section 4.6.  Dual-Booting Linux and Windows NT/2000/XP
			Section 4.7.  Boot-Time Kernel Options
			Section 4.8.  initrd: Using a RAM Disk
		Chapter 5.  Red Hat and Debian Package Managers
			Section 5.1.  The Red Hat Package Manager
			Section 5.2.  The Debian Package Manager
		Chapter 6.  The Linux Shells: An Overview
			Section 6.1.  Purpose of the Shell
			Section 6.2.  Shell Flavors
			Section 6.3.  Common Features
			Section 6.4.  Differing Features
		Chapter 7.  bash: The Bourne-Again Shell
			Section 7.1.  Invoking the Shell
			Section 7.2.  Syntax
			Section 7.3.  Variables
			Section 7.4.  Arithmetic Expressions
			Section 7.5.  Command History
			Section 7.6.  Job Control
			Section 7.7.  Built-in Commands
		Chapter 8.  tcsh: An Extended C Shell
			Section 8.1.  Overview of Features
			Section 8.2.  Invoking the Shell
			Section 8.3.  Syntax
			Section 8.4.  Variables
			Section 8.5.  Expressions
			Section 8.6.  Command History
			Section 8.7.  Command-Line Manipulation
			Section 8.8.  Job Control
			Section 8.9.  Built-in Commands
		Chapter 9.  Pattern Matching
			Section 9.1.  Filenames Versus Patterns
			Section 9.2.  Metacharacters, Listed by Linux Program
			Section 9.3.  Metacharacters
			Section 9.4.  Examples of Searching
		Chapter 10.  The Emacs Editor
			Section 10.1.  Emacs Concepts
			Section 10.2.  Typical Problems
			Section 10.3.  Notes on the Tables
			Section 10.4.  Summary of Commands by Group
			Section 10.5.  Summary of Commands by Key
			Section 10.6.  Summary of Commands by Name
		Chapter 11.  The vi Editor
			Section 11.1.  Review of vi Operations
			Section 11.2.  vi Command-Line Options
			Section 11.3.  ex Command-Line Options
			Section 11.4.  Movement Commands
			Section 11.5.  Edit Commands
			Section 11.6.  Saving and Exiting
			Section 11.7.  Accessing Multiple Files
			Section 11.8.  Window Commands
			Section 11.9.  Interacting with the Shell
			Section 11.10.  Macros
			Section 11.11.  Miscellaneous Commands
			Section 11.12.  Alphabetical List of Keys in Command Mode
			Section 11.13.  Syntax of ex Commands
			Section 11.14.  Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands
			Section 11.15.  vi Configuration
		Chapter 12.  The sed Editor
			Section 12.1.  Command-Line Syntax
			Section 12.2.  Syntax of sed Commands
			Section 12.3.  Group Summary of sed Commands
			Section 12.4.  Alphabetical Summary of sed Commands
		Chapter 13.  The gawk Scripting Language
			Section 13.1.  Command-Line Syntax
			Section 13.2.  Patterns and Procedures
			Section 13.3.  gawk System Variables
			Section 13.4.  PROCINFO Array
			Section 13.5.  Operators
			Section 13.6.  Variable and Array Assignments
			Section 13.7.  Group Listing of gawk Commands
			Section 13.8.  Alphabetical Summary of Commands
		Chapter 14.  RCS
			Section 14.1.  Overview of RCS Commands
			Section 14.2.  Basic RCS Operations
			Section 14.3.  General RCS Specifications
			Section 14.4.  Alphabetical Summary of RCS Commands
		Chapter 15.  CVS
			Section 15.1.  Basic Concepts
			Section 15.2.  CVS Command Format
			Section 15.3.  Common Global Options
			Section 15.4.  Gotchas
			Section 15.5.  CVS Administrator Reference
			Section 15.6.  CVS User Reference
		Chapter 16.  Graphical Desktop Overview
			Section 16.1.  Desktop Environments and Window Managers
			Section 16.2.  Desktop Differences: Development
		Chapter 17.  GNOME
			Section 17.1.  Desktop Overview
			Section 17.2.  The Panel
			Section 17.3.  The GNOME Menu and the Menu Panel Menus
			Section 17.4.  The GNOME Control Center
			Section 17.5.  History and Changes in GNOME 2
		Chapter 18.  KDE
			Section 18.1.  Desktop Overview
			Section 18.2.  The Panel
			Section 18.3.  The KDE Control Center
		Chapter 19.  An Alternative Window Manager: fvwm2
			Section 19.1.  Running fvwm2
			Section 19.2.  Implementing Window Manager Customizations
			Section 19.3.  Adding Keyboard Shortcuts
			Section 19.4.  Customizing Menus
			Section 19.5.  The WinList: Switching the Focus
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