Linux in a Nutshell

Everything you need to know about Linux is in this book. Written by Stephen Figgins, Ellen Siever, Robert Love, and Arnold Robbins -- people with years of active participation in the Linux community -- Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition, thoroughly covers programming tools, system and network administration tools, the shell, editors, and LILO and GRUB boot loaders. This updated edition offers a tighter focus on Linux system essentials, as well as more coverage of new capabilities such as virtualization, wireless network management, and revision control with git. It also highlights the most important options for using the vast number of Linux commands. You'll find many helpful new tips and techniques in this reference, whether you're new to this operating system or have been using it for years. * Get the Linux commands for system administration and network management * Use hundreds of the most important shell commands available on Linux * Understand the Bash shell command-line interpreter * Search and process text with regular expressions * Manage your servers via virtualization with Xen and VMware * Use the Emacs text editor and development environment, as well as the vi, ex, and vim text-manipulation tools * Process text files with the sed editor and the gawk programming language * Manage source code with Subversion and git

ISBN 0596154488   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780596154486 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1237 Publisher O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA   Published in Sebastopol Imprint O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA   Previous ISBN 9780596009304 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 13 Oct 2009   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 005.446   Spine width (mm) 47 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General Pages 944

1		Introduction		1
2		System and Network Administration Overview		14
3		Linux Commands		33
4		Boot Methods		504
5		Package Management		542
6		The Bash Shell		596
7		Pattern Matching		654
8		The Emacs Editor		661
9		The vi, ex, and vim Editors		677
10		The sed Editor		711
11		The gawk Programming Language		726
12		Source Code Management: An Overview		749
13		The Subversion Version Control System		755
14		The Git Version Control System		805
15		Visualization Command-Line Tools		837
		Index		875

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