Unix in a Nutshell 4th edition

Preface

Part 1: 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

Part 2: 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

Part 3: 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

Part 4: References
ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) Character Set
Bibliography

Index