Chapter 8. Working with the Shell

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Up to this point, we have worked mostly with the graphical user interface (GUI) in X-Windows and Gnome. Although this is the easiest way to work with an operating system, the real power of FreeBSD can be unleashed only if you learn how to work with the shell. The design philosophy behind the UNIX command line and UNIX shells is one of the things that has kept UNIX as one of the most powerful operating systems available for more than 30 years after it was originally written. This chapter ...

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