Index

B

backticks
`, Backticks
date, Backticks
bashrc, What is the login shell?
bc
calculator, command line, Arithmetic in the shell
BODMAS rules, Arithmetic in the shell
break, The break and continue commands

H

hashpling
#, Shebang or hashpling #!
here documents, Here documents
HISTSIZE
shell variable, What is the login shell?
HOME
shell variable, What is the login shell?
HOSTNAME
shell variable, What is the login shell?

I

info, Introduction to info, man and the whatis database, info pages
info coreutils, info pages
info mv, info pages
input field seperator (IFS)
shell variables, Allows for variables to be set
iostat, System Commands, the iostat command

L

less, Man Pages
logical operators, Logical Operators
login shell, Introduction
loops, Introduction
ls, File Commands
lsof, File descriptors re-visited

P

paste, The paste command
PATH, Detour: File Extension labels
perl, Introduction
PID
Process ID, File descriptors re-visited
placeholders, Placeholders and word boundaries
plus (+) operator, The plus operator ( + )
positional parameters
grep, Positional Parameters 0 and 1 through 9
postional parameters, Positional Parameters 0 and 1 through 9
postional variables, Introduction
presenting output
/bin/echo, The echo command
echo, The echo command
printf, The printf command
printf, The printf command
pseudo terminals, The who command
pstree, the exec command
pts/.., The who command
pwd, Command Interpreter

Q

quotation
shell, Introduction
quotes
$, Double Quotes
\, Double Quotes
`, Double Quotes

R

rc0, rc1, rc2, etc., What is the login shell?
read command, The read command
readonly variables, Setting variables as "readonly"
regular expressions, Introduction

U

Unamed pipes, Unamed Pipes
uniq, The uniq command
sort, The uniq command
unset
variables, Null and unset variables
until loop, Introduction, while and until loops
USERNAME
shell variable, What is the login shell?

V

variables, Variables
vmstat, System Commands