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Understanding files and directories
Directories and files
Directories
Your home directory
Identifying your current directory
Changing directories
Files
Listing the files in a directory
Hidden files
Listing more information about files
Narrowing the listing: using wildcards
Summary
Working with files and directories
Getting to the command prompt
Files and directories
Using files
Using directories
File and directory attributes
How the system manages files and directories
Filenaming conventions
Managing directories
How directories are organized
An example: what the system contains
Creating a directory
Listing the contents of a directory
Renaming a directory
Copying a directory
Removing a directory
Comparing directories
Navigating the filesystem
Finding out where you are in the system
Changing directory
Returning to your home directory
Creating links to files and directories
Creating a link to a file
Finding out whether a file has hard links
Creating a link to a directory
Navigating symbolic links
Mounting a filesystem
Managing files
Finding out what type of data a file contains
Looking at the contents of a file
Finding out how much text is in a file
Looking at the beginning and end of a file
Copying a file
Moving or renaming a file
Removing a file
Removing files with difficult names
Comparing files
Sorting the contents of a file
Searching for text in a file
Finding files
Retrieving deleted files
Keeping old versions of files
Undeleting files
Cleaning up your filesystem
Specifying command input and output
Forcing a program to read standard input and output
Running a sequence of commands
Entering commands on the same line
Running commands in a pipeline
Access control for files and directories
Changing file permissions
Setting the default permissions for a new file
Giving a file to someone else
Finding out your group
Changing your current group
Changing the group of a file
Printing a file
Printing several copies of a file
Selecting a printer
Displaying a list of current print jobs
Canceling a print request
Getting help on the command line
Getting help when you are uncertain of the topic
UNIX directories and special device files
The root directory
The /bin directory
The /dev directory
The /etc directory
The /lib directory
The /mnt directory
The /opt directory
The /shlib directory
The /usr directory
The /stand directory
The /tcb directory
The /tmp directory
The /var directory
Managing files
More ways to look at files
Reading a file one screen at a time
Reading just the first or last lines of a file
Making directories
Removing directories
Copying files
Renaming files
Removing files
Summary
Working with disks, tapes, and CD-ROMs
Using UNIX devices
Identifying device files
Default devices
Using floppy disk drives
Formatting floppy disks
Determining how many disks you need for a backup
Using tapes
Formatting tapes
Rewinding, erasing, and retensioning tapes
Using CD-ROMs
Creating a backup with tar
Listing the files in a tar backup
Extracting files from a tar backup
Creating a backup with cpio
Listing the files in a cpio backup
Extracting files from a cpio backup
Commands revisited: pipes and redirection
Putting the output of a command into a file
Using a file as input to a command
Joining files together
Background processing
Appending one file to another
Using pipes to build your own utilities
Summary
Protecting files and directories
Reading a long listing
Permissions
Owner, group, other
Changing the group of a file
Changing the owner of a file
Changing the permissions on a file
Summary
Power tools
Searching for a file
Searching for text within files
Checking who is logged in
Finding out more information about a user
Finding out the time and date
Seeing a calendar
Remembering your appointments
Using a calculator
Clearing the screen
Summary
Customizing your environment
Your environment
Changing your prompt
Setting your path
Default file permissions
Changing permissions with absolute mode
Setting your file creation mask
Configuring mail
Creating command aliases
Summary
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