Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Index

Symbols

& command (ex), Description

< > command (ex), Description

\ (backslash) character escapes, Metacharacters

! (bang)

ex command, Description

[ ] (brackets)

pattern-matching metacharacters, Metacharacters

^ (circumflex) pattern-matching metacharacter, Metacharacters

: (colon)

bash shell command, Description

csh/tcsh command, Description

sed command, Description

$ (dollar sign) pattern-matching metacharacter, Metacharacters

. (dot)

bash shell command, Description

pattern-matching metacharacter, Metacharacters

= (equal sign)

ex command, Description

gawk assignment, Variable and Array Assignments

sed command, Description

# (hash mark)

bash shell command, Description

for comments, Description

csh/tcsh command, Description

#! command

bash shell command, Description

csh/tcsh command, Description

- (hyphen) pattern-matching metacharacter, Metacharacters

+ (plus sign) pattern-matching metacharacter, Metacharacters

? (question mark)

pattern-matching metacharacter, Metacharacters

~ (tilde) command (ex), Description

| pattern-matching metacharacter, Metacharacters

A

a command (sed), Description

abbrev command (ex), Description

accelerators (see shortcuts)

access mode (see permissions, file)

ad|add commands (CVS), add

addresses

line, ex editor, Options

pattern, sed editor, Pattern Addressing, Examples

addsuffix variable (csh/tcsh), Predefined Shell Variables

AddToMenu variable (fvwm2), Customizing Menus

administrative files, CVS, Repository Structure

variables, The CVSROOT directory

adm|admin commands (CVS)

-o option, use with ...