Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora, Fourth Edition

Index

Symbols

!= (not equal operator), The test command

! (NOT operator)

in filename globbing, Filename Globbing

in test command, The test command

" (double quote), Quoted Strings

# (hash mark)

as comment in script, Correcting Commands

as root user prompt, Conventions Used in This Book, Logging In

as RPM progress mark, Installing a Package

$ (dollar sign)

as user prompt, Conventions Used in This Book, Logging In

preceding shell variable, Shell Variables

$# variable, Processing Arguments

$$ variable, Processing Arguments

$* variable, Processing Arguments

$0 variable, Processing Arguments

$1, ..., $9 variables, Processing Arguments

$? variable, Processing Arguments, Exit Codes

$@ variable, Processing Arguments

- (hyphen)

in file or directory names, Creating a directory

in keyboard accelerator, Keyboard Accelerators

& (ampersand), Correcting Commands

&> redirector, Input/Output Redirection and Piping

'; (single quote), Creating a directory, Quoted Strings

* (asterisk), Filename Globbing

. (dot)

current directory, Absolute and relative pathnames

preceding hidden file or directory name, Displaying directory contents

.. (two dots), parent directory, Absolute and relative pathnames

/ (slash)

in file or directory name, Creating a directory

root directory, What to add, Create the / (root) partition, The directory tree

separating directories in pathname, Absolute and relative pathnames

2> redirector, Input/Output Redirection and Piping

2>&1 redirector, Input/Output Redirection and Piping

2>> redirector, Input/Output Redirection ...