UNIX in a Nutshell

Preface I. Commands and Shells 1. Introduction Unix in the 21st Century Obtaining Compilers Building Software What's in the Quick Reference Beginner's Guide Solaris: Standard Compliant Programs 2. Unix Commands Introduction Alphabetical Summary of Common Commands Alphabetical Summary of Solaris Commands Alphabetical Summary of GNU/Linux Commands Alphabetical Summary of Mac OS X Commands Alphabetical Summary of Java Commands 3. The Unix Shell: An Overview Introduction to the Shell Purpose of the Shell Shell Flavors Shell Source Code URLs Common Features Differing Features 4. The Bash and Korn Shells Overview of Features Invoking the Shell Syntax Functions Variables Arithmetic Expressions Command History Job Control Command Execution Restricted Shells Built-in Commands (Bash and Korn Shells)5. tcsh: An Extended C Shell Overview of Features Invoking the Shell Syntax Variables Expressions Command History Command-Line Manipulation Job Control Built-in Commands 6. Package Management Linux Package Management The Red Hat Package Manager Yum: Yellowdog Updater Modified up2date: Red Hat Update Agent The Debian Package Manager Mac OS X Package Management Solaris Package Management II. Text Editing and Processing 7. Pattern Matching Filenames Versus Patterns Metacharacters Metacharacters, Listed by Unix 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 awk 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 Output Redirections Source Code III. Software Development 12. Source Code Management: An Overview Introduction and Terminology Usage Models Unix Source Code Management Systems Other Source Code Management Systems 13. The Revision Control System Overview of Commands Basic Operation General RCS Specifications Alphabetical Summary of Commands 14. The Concurrent Versions System Conceptual Overview Command-Line Syntax and Options Dot Files Environment Variables Keywords and Keyword Modes Dates CVSROOT Variables Alphabetical Summary of Commands 15. The Subversion Version Control System Conceptual Overview Obtaining Subversion Using Subversion: A Quick Tour The Subversion Command Line Client: svn Repository Administration: svnadmin Examining the Repository: svnlook Providing Remote Access: svnserve Other Subversion Components 16. The GNU make Utility Conceptual Overview Command-Line Syntax Makefile Lines Macros Special Target Names Writing Command Lines 17. The GDB Debugger Conceptual Overview Command-Line Syntax Initialization Files GDB Expressions The GDB Text User Interface Group Listing of GDB Commands Summary of set and show Commands Summary of the info Command Alphabetical Summary of GDB Commands 18. Writing Manual Pages Introduction Overview of nroff/troff Alphabetical Summary of man Macros Predefined Strings Internal Names Sample Document IV. References ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) Character Set Bibliography Index