Appendix A. Useful Commands

This appendix documents many commands that you will find useful in your scripts. This is not meant to be a complete list of commands, nor do I include comments on every command option. But I think you will find that the examples are succinct and to the point, that the text is directed to the main facts, and that you will not have to wade through mountains of man pages to get what you want.

Take a look. See what you think. I have included a brief introduction to the command, a syntax summary, details on some of the command's options, a comment on some of the oddities of the command, and an example.

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