Rev. ed. of: Unix power tools / Jerry Peek. c1994.
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How to use this book -- Preface -- Pt. I: Basic UNIX environment -- Introduction -- Getting Help -- Pt. II: Customizing your environment -- Setting up your UNIX shell -- Interacting with your environment -- Getting the most out of Terminals, xterm, and X Windows -- Your X environment -- Pt. III: Working with files and directories -- Directory Organization -- Directories and files -- Finding files with find -- Linking, renaming, and copying files -- Comparing files -- Showing what's in a file -- Searching through files -- Removing files -- Optimizing disk space -- Pt. IV: Basic Editing -- Spell checking, Word counting, and Textual analysis -- Tips and tricks -- Creating custom commands in vi -- GNU Emacs -- Batch editing -- You can't quite call this editing -- Sorting -- Pt. V: Processes and the Kernel -- Job control -- Starting, stopping, and killing processes -- Delayed execution -- System performance and profiling -- Pt. VI: Scripting -- Shell interpretation -- Saving time on the Command Line -- Custom commands -- The Use of History -- Moving around in a hurry -- Regular Expressions (Pattern Matching) -- Wildcards --The sed Stream Editor -- Shell programming for the uninitiated -- Shell programming for the initiated -- Shell script debugging and gotchas -- Pt. VII: Extending and managing your environment -- Backing up files -- Creating and reading archives -- Software installation -- Perl -- Python -- Pt. VIII: Communication and connectivity -- Redirecting input and output -- Devices -- Printing -- Connectivity -- Connecting to MS Windows -- Pt. IX: Security -- Security basics -- Root, group, and user management -- File security, ownership, and sharing -- SSH -- Glossary -- Index.