Linux Phrasebook, Second Edition

Index

Symbols

![##], repeating commands with numbers, 323-324

00QUICKSTART file, 367

$() (command substitution), 122-123

* (asterisk)

file extensions, risks of using in, 206

file types, 35

wildcards, 15-16

\ (backslash) escape character, 14, 209

` (backtick), command substitution, 123

! (bang) in regular expressions, 273

: (colon), 209

{} (curly braces), wildcards, 15, 18-20

. (dot)

in chown command, 209

working directory, 61

&& (double ampersand), command stacking, 118-120

!! (double bang), repeating commands, 321-323

>> (double greater than symbol), output redirection, 129-130

-- (double hyphen) in commands, 90

|| (double pipe), command stacking, 121

/ (forward slash)

file types, 35

in filenames, 13

^-g (Ctrl-g), searching command-line history, ...