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- M- commands (emacs)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 7.3.2. Meta-key Sequences
- m1 script (example)
: sed & awk, 13.10. m1 - Simple Macro Processor
- m4
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: m4
- machine faults, tracing
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: truss
- Macintosh text files
: UNIX Power Tools, 35.11. Hacking on Characters with tr
- macros
- emacs commands for
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 7.2.14. Macro Commands
- Eqn preprocessor
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 16.2.1. Eqn Macros
- listing names of
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: ctags
- for make utility
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 19.3. Macros
- pic preprocessors
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 16.3.1. Pic Macros
- processing, nroff/troff requests for
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 12.5.10. Macro and String Processing
- processor for program files
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: m4
- Tbl preprocessor
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 16.1.2. Tbl Macros
- magic number
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.4. Fun with #!
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- magnetic tapes, naming
: UNIX Power Tools, 20.3.2. What Is the Name of the Tape Drive?
- mail
: (see email; email messages)
- mail command
- UNIX Power Tools, 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mail
- MAIL variable
- Learning the Korn Shell, 3.4.2.2. Mail Variables
- Learning the Korn Shell, 3.5.1. Environment Variables
- UNIX Power Tools, 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 4.3.3. Other Shell Variables
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.3.3. Predefined Shell Variables
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.3.5. Environment Variables
- as array
: UNIX Power Tools, 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays
- mail.base program
: UNIX Power Tools, 48.10. Working with Names and Addresses
- mailalias command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mailalias
- mailavg script (example)
: sed & awk, 13.4. mailavg - Check Size of Mailboxes
- mailboxes, disk space and
: UNIX Power Tools, 24.2. Save Space with Bit Bucket Log Files and Mailboxes
- MAILCHECK variable
- Learning the Korn Shell, 3.4.2.2. Mail Variables
- UNIX Power Tools, 21.8.2. For Bourne Shell Users
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 4.3.3. Other Shell Variables
- MAILPATH variable
- Learning the Korn Shell, 3.4.2.2. Mail Variables
- Learning the Korn Shell, 3.4.2.5. Command Search Path
- Learning the Korn Shell, 3.5.1. Environment Variables
- Learning the Korn Shell, 4.5. Advanced Examples: pushd and popd
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.6. Workalikes on PC Platforms
- UNIX Power Tools, 21.8.2. For Bourne Shell Users
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 4.3.3. Other Shell Variables
- .mailrc
: Learning the Korn Shell, 7.1. I/O Redirectors
- mailx command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mailx
- main input loop
: sed & awk, 7.3. Awk's Programming Model
- mainindex on PowerTools disk
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos
- make utility
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.3.2. eval
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.6. Workalikes on PC Platforms
- UNIX Power Tools, 21.9. Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
- UNIX Power Tools, 28.13. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.8.2.8. The make Program
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: make
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 19. The make Utility
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: make
- errors caused by
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- printall option
: UNIX Power Tools, 21.9. Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
- "make: must be a separator on rules line 46" error message
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- make_print makefile:(on disc)
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- makefile utility
- UNIX Power Tools, 21.9. Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.8.2.6. An Easy Build
- tracking program dependencies
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.8.2.8. The make Program
- makefiles
: UNIX Power Tools, 28.13. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
- overriding
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: make
- updating
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: install
- makekey command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: makekey
- man command
- Learning the Korn Shell, 4.1. Shell Scripts and Functions
- Learning the Korn Shell, 8.3.3.2. BSD
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 7.1. Standard UNIX Documentation
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: man
- examples
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation
- -k option
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.2. The apropos Command
- -man macros
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.11. Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
- manindex script
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- MANPATH environment variable
- UNIX Power Tools, 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: man
- adding
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
- manual pages
- building index for
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos
- categories
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation
- deleting
: UNIX Power Tools, 23.19. Deleting (BSD) Manual Pages that Aren't Read
- displaying
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: man
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: whatis
- formatting
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
- MANPATH variable
: UNIX Power Tools, 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
- searching
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.2. The apropos Command
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.6. Searching Online Manual Pages
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: apropos
- types of
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.6. Searching Online Manual Pages
- writing
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.11. Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros
- map command (ex)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 9, Reference: map
- mapping
- commands
: Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.2. Using the map Command
- examples
- Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.4. Complex Mapping Example
- Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.5. More Examples of Mapping Keys
- function keys
: Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.7. Mapping Function Keys
- insert mode
: Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.6. Mapping Keys for Insert Mode
- keys unused in vi
: Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.2. Using the map Command
- quoting special characters
: Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.3. Protecting Keys from Interpretation by ex
- special keys
: Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.8. Mapping Other Special Keys
- margins, nroff/troff requests for
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 12.5.14. Text Adjustments
- mark a place in a file (m)
: Learning the vi Editor, 4.4. Marking Your Place
- mark command (ex)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 9, Reference: mark
- master password file
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.23. File Access Permissions
- master wordlist, ispell program
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
- masterindex script (example)
: sed & awk, C.2. Listing of masterindex Shell Script
- match (~) operator
- sed & awk, 7.5.1. Referencing and Separating Fields
- sed & awk, 7.8. Relational and Boolean Operators
- match()
- sed & awk, 9.2. String Functions
- sed & awk, 9.2.5. The match() Function
- match command (awk)
- UNIX Power Tools, 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 11, Reference: match
- matching
: (see pattern matching)
- matching braces
: Learning the vi Editor, 7.5.2. A Special Search Command
- mathematics
: (see also arithmetic functions; arithmetic operators; numbers)
- characters for (Eqn preprocessor)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 16.2.2. Mathematical Characters
- equations, formatting in nroff/troff
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 16.2. Eqn
- mawk (Michael's awk)
- sed & awk, 10.8. Limitations
- sed & awk, 11.2.4. Michael's awk (mawk)
- Maximize menu item (mwm)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.4. The Window Menu
- maximizing windows
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.1. Using the Titlebar
- mcs command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mcs
- me macros
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 15. me Macros
- measurements for nroff/troff
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 12.3.2. Specifying Measurements
- membership in arrays
: sed & awk, 8.4.2. Testing for Membership in an Array
- memory
: (see disk space)
- menu prompts
: UNIX Power Tools, 7.7. A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users
- menu, window (mwm)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.4. The Window Menu
- menu-based command generator (example)
: sed & awk, 10.4. A Menu-Based Command Generator
- merge command (RCS)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 18, Reference: merge
- mesg command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mesg
- messages, email
: (see email messages)
- messages, error
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: fmtmsg
- Meta-key commands (emacs)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 7.3.2. Meta-key Sequences
- metacharacters/wildcards
- Learning the Korn Shell, 1.6.2. Filenames and Wildcards
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.3. Command-line Processing
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.3. File and Directory Wildcards
- UNIX Power Tools, 1.16. Wildcards
- UNIX Power Tools, 8.19. "Special" Characters and Operators
- UNIX Power Tools, 21.14. Automatically Appending the Date to a Filename
- sed & awk, 3. Understanding Regular Expression Syntax
- sed & awk, 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters
- (see also pattern matching; regular expressions; special characters)
- (see also specific entries in Symbols section of this index)
- with aliases
- Learning the Korn Shell, 3.2. Aliases
- UNIX Power Tools, 8.9. Wildcards Inside of Aliases
- awk regular expression
: sed & awk, B.2.4. Regular Expressions
- in case statements
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.5. Test String Values with Bourne Shell case
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.6. Pattern Matching in case Statements
- creating files
: UNIX Power Tools, 9.4. Use Wildcards to Create Files?
- deleting files and
: UNIX Power Tools, 23.2. rm and Its Dangers
- in directory names
: UNIX Power Tools, 17.2. Delving Through a Deep Directory Tree
- examples
: Learning the Korn Shell, 1.6.2. Filenames and Wildcards
- for filenames/pathnames
- UNIX Power Tools, 15.1. File Naming Wildcards
- UNIX Power Tools, 15.6. Maybe You Shouldn't Use Wildcards in Pathnames
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.2.2. Filename Metacharacters
- find command and
- UNIX Power Tools, 17.4. Looking for Files with Particular Names
- UNIX Power Tools, 17.18. Using "Fast find"
- inside brackets
: sed & awk, 3.2.4. Character Classes
- in for loops
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.16. Handling Command-Line Arguments with a for Loop
- matching dot files
: UNIX Power Tools, 15.5. Matching All "Dot Files" with Wildcards
- order of expansion in command-line processing
: Learning the Korn Shell, 7.3. Command-line Processing
- passing to programs
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.18. Who Handles Wildcards?
- for pattern matching
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 6.1. Filenames Versus Patterns
- in replacement strings
- Learning the vi Editor, 6.3.2. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings
- sed & awk, 5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters
- in search patterns
: Learning the vi Editor, 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns
- sed regular expression
: sed & awk, A.2.2. Regular Expression Metacharacters for sed
- set command using
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.19. The Bourne Shell set Command
- for special filename characters
: UNIX Power Tools, 23.12. Using Wildcards to Delete Files with Strange Names
- tar archives and
: UNIX Power Tools, 20.9. When a Program Doesn't Understand Wildcards
- -mf option (awk)
: sed & awk, 10.8. Limitations
- mget command (ftp)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.4.2.4. ftp
- Michael's awk
: (see mawk)
- Microsoft Excel, sc program compared to
: UNIX Power Tools, 49.8. It's Great to Have a Spreadsheet
- Microsoft Windows
- Learning the Korn Shell, 8. Process Handling
- Learning the Korn Shell, A. Related Shells
- Microsoft Windows NT
: Learning the Korn Shell, 8. Process Handling
- Minimize menu item (mwm)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.4. The Window Menu
- minimizing windows
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.1. Using the Titlebar
- mins field in crontab entries
: UNIX Power Tools, 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- minus sign
: (see - (hyphen))
- MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.31. The X Window System
- mkdir command
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.4.1.1. mkdir
- UNIX Power Tools, 4.8. Making Directories Made Easier
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mkdir
- . and .. directory links
: UNIX Power Tools, 18.4.2. Links to a Directory
- mkfifo command
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- mkfile, working around lack of swap space
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- mkmsgs command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mkmsgs
- mknod command
- Learning the Korn Shell, 8.3. Signals
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- MKS awk
: sed & awk, 11.3.1. MKS awk
- MKS Toolkit
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.2. The IEEE 1003.2 POSIX Shell Standard
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.6. Workalikes on PC Platforms
- sed & awk, DOS Versions
- shell
- Learning the Korn Shell, A. Related Shells
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.6. Workalikes on PC Platforms
- .mm filename extension
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.17. Filename Extensions
- mm macros
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 13. mm Macros
- mode bits
- UNIX Power Tools, 1.23. File Access Permissions
- UNIX Power Tools, 1.25. Access to Directories
- modelines
: UNIX Power Tools, 30.19. Modelines: Bug or Feature?
- modes
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: stty
- access
: UNIX Power Tools, 4.8. Making Directories Made Easier
- command (vi)
- Learning the vi Editor, 1. The vi Text Editor
- Learning the vi Editor, 2.1. vi Commands
- insert (vi)
- Learning the vi Editor, 2.1. vi Commands
- Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.6. Mapping Keys for Insert Mode
- read-only (vi)
: Learning the vi Editor, 4.2.2. Read-only Mode
- Telnet
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: telnet
- modification time, file
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.2. Finding Oldest or Newest Files with ls -t and ls -u
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.5. The Three UNIX File Times
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.9. An Alias to List Recently Changed Files
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.18. Listing Files You've Created/Edited Today
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.25. Listing Files by Age and Size
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.27. newer: Print the Name of the Newest File
- UNIX Power Tools, 17.5. Searching for Old Files
- touch command and
: UNIX Power Tools, 21.7. Setting File Modification Time with touch
- modifiers
: UNIX Power Tools, 26.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions
- Modula
- Learning the Korn Shell, 4.1.1. Functions
- Learning the Korn Shell, 4.3.1. Syntax of String Operators
- modularization
: sed & awk, 10.7.3. Finding Out Where the Problem Is
- modules command (dbx)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: modules
- modulo (%) operator
: sed & awk, 7.6. Expressions
- mon.out file
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: cc
- month in crontab entries
: UNIX Power Tools, 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- more utility
- Learning the Korn Shell, 1.7.3. Pipelines
- Learning the Korn Shell, 3.4.2.4. Terminal Types
- Learning the Korn Shell, 8.5. Coroutines
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 3.2.2. more
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 5.2.3. pg and more
- UNIX Power Tools, 9.19. For the Impatient: Type-Ahead
- UNIX Power Tools, 25.3. Using more to Page Through Files
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: more
- starting
: UNIX Power Tools, 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- testing with screensize file
: UNIX Power Tools, 42.6.2. Screen Width and Height: screensize
- motd.diff script
- UNIX Power Tools, 2.14. motd.diff: Show New Lines in Login Messages
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- mount command
- UNIX Power Tools, 17.22. Finding the Links to a File
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.5.2. Mounting the CD-ROM
- mouse
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.4. Working with a Mouse
- move command (ex)
- UNIX Power Tools, 33.4. Useful ex Commands
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 9, Reference: move
- move commands (vi)
- combining with edit command
- Learning the vi Editor, 2.3.3.1. Words
- Learning the vi Editor, 4.1. More Command Combinations
- range of lines (:m)
: Learning the vi Editor, 5.2.2. Defining a Range of Lines
- text (delete and put)
- Learning the vi Editor, 2.3.6. Moving Text
- Learning the vi Editor, 2.3.7. Copying Text
- Move menu item (mwm)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.4. The Window Menu
- moving
- between directories
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 3.1.6.2. cd
- directories
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mv
- files
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.4.3. Renaming and Moving Files
- UNIX Power Tools, 18.2. What's Really in a Directory
- UNIX Power Tools, 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mv
- (see also copying files; renaming files)
- in archives
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: ar
- windows and icons
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.2. Moving Windows and Icons
- mput command (ftp)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.4.2.4. ftp
- -mr option (awk)
: sed & awk, 10.8. Limitations
- .ms filename extension
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.17. Filename Extensions
- ms macros
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 14. ms Macros
- MS-DOS
- Learning the Korn Shell, Preface
- Learning the Korn Shell, 1.6.2. Filenames and Wildcards
- Learning the Korn Shell, 2.6. Finger Habits
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.2. for
- Learning the Korn Shell, 8. Process Handling
- Learning the Korn Shell, A. Related Shells
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.2. The IEEE 1003.2 POSIX Shell Standard
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.6. Workalikes on PC Platforms
- MTOOLS utilities
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.4.6. Files on Other Operating Systems
- multidimensional arrays
: sed & awk, 8.5.1. Multidimensional Arrays
- tawk and
: sed & awk, 11.3.2.1. Tawk language extensions
- multiline
- commands
: UNIX Power Tools, 9.13. Multiline Commands, Secondary Prompts
- delete command
: (see D command (sed))
- matching
: sed & awk, 3.2.7.1. Phrases
- next command (sed)
: (see N command (sed))
- pattern space
: sed & awk, 6.1. Multiline Pattern Space
- print command
: (see P command (sed))
- quoting
: UNIX Power Tools, 8.14.4. Multiline Quoting
- records, awk
: sed & awk, 7.7.1. Working with Multiline Records
- shell prompts
: UNIX Power Tools, 7.5. Multiline Shell Prompts
- multiplexor, testing standard input for
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: ismpx
- multiplication (*) operator
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.28. Quick Reference: expr
- UNIX Power Tools, 47.4.3.2. Arithmetic Operators
- sed & awk, 7.6. Expressions
- multitasking
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 6. Multitasking
- UNIX Power Tools, 12.1. Job Control: Work Faster, Stop Runaway Jobs
- in POSIX shell standard
: Learning the Korn Shell, A.2. The IEEE 1003.2 POSIX Shell Standard
- munchlist script
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
- mv command
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.2. for
- Learning the Korn Shell, 6.1.3.1. More About C Compilers
- Learning the Korn Shell, 8.4.2. Process ID Variables and Temporary Files
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.4.3. Renaming and Moving Files
- UNIX Power Tools, 18.2. What's Really in a Directory
- UNIX Power Tools, 18.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: mv
- -b option
: UNIX Power Tools, 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
- -i option
: UNIX Power Tools, 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
- mwm window manager
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5. Working with Windows
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.4. The Window Menu
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