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Index: W
- w command (sed)
- sed & awk, 5.11. Reading and Writing Files
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: w
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 10, Reference: w
- \w escape sequence
: sed & awk, 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions
- \W escape sequence
: sed & awk, 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions
- w flag
: sed & awk, 5.3. Substitution
- wait command
- Learning the Korn Shell, 8.5.1. wait
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.1. The Bourne Shell
- UNIX Power Tools, 38.16. Why You Can't Kill a Zombie
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: wait
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 4, Reference: wait
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 5, Reference: wait
- arguments to
: Learning the Korn Shell, 8.5.1. wait
- in background jobs
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes
- wall command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: wall
- wallclock time
- UNIX Power Tools, 39.3. The csh time variable
- UNIX Power Tools, 39.5. Why Is the System So Slow?
- watch command vs. vis command
: UNIX Power Tools, 51.7. When You Get Impatient
- watchq script
- UNIX Power Tools, 38.11. Printer Queue Watcher: A Restartable Daemon Shell Script
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- wc command
- Learning the Korn Shell, 6.2.2. Arithmetic Variables and Assignment
- UNIX Power Tools, 8.6.1. Portability
- UNIX Power Tools, 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: wc
- Web, described
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications
- weekday in crontab entries
: UNIX Power Tools, 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- werase key
: UNIX Power Tools, 5.9. Setting Your Erase, Kill, and Interrupt Characters
- what command (SCCS)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 17, Reference: what
- whatis command
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.4. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: whatis
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: whatis
- advantages
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.4. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries
- apropos compared to
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.4. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries
- examples
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.4. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries
- when command (dbx)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: when
- whence
- Learning the Korn Shell, 2.1. Enabling Command-line Editing
- Learning the Korn Shell, 4.1.1. Functions
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.5. while and until
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.1. The Bourne Shell
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.5. bash
- UNIX Power Tools, 4.10. Find All Command Versions with whereiz
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 4, Reference: whence
- -p option
: Learning the Korn Shell, 4.4. Command Substitution
- -v option
- Learning the Korn Shell, 4.1.1. Functions
- Learning the Korn Shell, 9.2.5. Exercises
- Learning the Korn Shell, 10.3.3. Tracked Aliases
- where command (dbx)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: where
- whereis command
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.10. findcmd: Find a Command in Your Search Path
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.5. whereis: Finding Where a Command Is Located
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: whereis
- examples
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.21. Picking a Name for a New Command
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.5. whereis: Finding Where a Command Is Located
- whereiz script
- UNIX Power Tools, 4.10. Find All Command Versions with whereiz
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- which command
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.10. findcmd: Find a Command in Your Search Path
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.8. Which Version Am I Using?
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: which
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: which
- -a option
: UNIX Power Tools, 4.10. Find All Command Versions with whereiz
- alternatives to
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.8. Which Version Am I Using?
- examples
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.21. Picking a Name for a New Command
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.8. Which Version Am I Using?
- setting the prompt variable
: UNIX Power Tools, 2.10. Gotchas in set prompt Test
- while loops
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.2. for
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.4. select
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.5. while and until
- Learning the Korn Shell, 6.2.2. Arithmetic Variables and Assignment
- Learning the Korn Shell, 6.3.3. String Formatting Options
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.1. Reading lines from files
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.3. Code blocks
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.4. Reading User Input
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.5. Options to read
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.3.1. Quoting
- UNIX Power Tools, 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.10.2. Looping Until a Command Fails
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.15.2. With a Loop
- sed & awk, 8.2.1. While Loop
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 4, Reference: while
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 5, Reference: while
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 11, Reference: while
- in C shell
: UNIX Power Tools, 47.4.2. Expressions
- case statement with
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.22. Handling Files Line-by-Line
- examples
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.10.2. Looping Until a Command Fails
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.32. A Better read Command: grabchars
- for loops vs.
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.16. Standard Input to a for Loop
- handling command-line arguments
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift
- jot command in
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.11. The Multipurpose jot Command
- multiple commands
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.19. A while Loop with Several Loop Control Commands
- read command used in
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.16. Standard Input to a for Loop
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.22. Handling Files Line-by-Line
- redirected
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.2. I/O Redirection and multiple commands
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.22. Handling Files Line-by-Line
- shift command used with
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift
- test command used with
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift
- until loops vs.
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.5. while and until
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.10.2. Looping Until a Command Fails
- whitespace
- UNIX Power Tools, 1.2. Who Listens to What You Type?
- sed & awk, 2.3.1. Specifying Simple Instructions
- sed & awk, 5.1. About the Syntax of sed Commands
- adding or deleting
- UNIX Power Tools, 25.9. Adding and Deleting White Space
- UNIX Power Tools, 25.13. pushin: Squeeze Out Extra White Space
- as awk delimiters
- sed & awk, 2.4.1. Running awk
- sed & awk, 7.5.2. Field Splitting: The Full Story
- cat command and
: UNIX Power Tools, 25.6. What's in That White Space?
- double-spacing
: UNIX Power Tools, 25.12. Double Space, Triple Space ...
- in filenames
- UNIX Power Tools, 8.16. Quoting Handles Special Characters in Filenames
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.13. Can't Access a File? Look for Spaces in the Name
- newline characters
- UNIX Power Tools, 1.29. When Is a File Not a File?
- UNIX Power Tools, 4.9. Setting Up vi with the .exrc File
- UNIX Power Tools, 8.6.1. Portability
- UNIX Power Tools, 25.10. Squash Extra Blank Lines
- UNIX Power Tools, 25.13. pushin: Squeeze Out Extra White Space
- UNIX Power Tools, 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- sed & awk, 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters
- sed & awk, 3.2.7. Positional Metacharacters
- sed & awk, 5.3. Substitution
- sed & awk, 11.2.3.3. Line continuation
- (see also whitespace)
- . (dot) and
: sed & awk, 3.2.2. A Wildcard
- allowing delays after
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- multiline pattern space and
: sed & awk, 6.1. Multiline Pattern Space
- ORS variable for
- sed & awk, 7.7. System Variables
- sed & awk, 7.7.1. Working with Multiline Records
- in output
: UNIX Power Tools, 8.6.1. Portability
- problems with xargs
: UNIX Power Tools, 9.22. xargs: Problems with Spaces and Newlines
- in replacement strings
: sed & awk, 5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters
- RS variable for
- sed & awk, 7.7. System Variables
- sed & awk, 11.2.1.6. Regular expression record separators (gawk and mawk)
- sed & awk, 11.3.2.1. Tawk language extensions
- nroff/troff requests for
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 12.5.13. Tabs
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 12.5.15. Vertical Spacing
- problems with xargs
: UNIX Power Tools, 9.22. xargs: Problems with Spaces and Newlines
- space as string concatenator
: sed & awk, 7.6. Expressions
- TAB characters
- UNIX Power Tools, 8.18. Here Documents
- UNIX Power Tools, 24.6. Save Space with Tab Characters
- wc command and
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc
- who command
- Learning the Korn Shell, 4.4. Command Substitution
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 1.1.6.2. who
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 5.1.1.1. The > operator
- UNIX Power Tools, 9.16. Command Substitution
- UNIX Power Tools, 51.4. Who's On?
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: who
- examples
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program
- on PowerTools disk
: UNIX Power Tools, 51.4. Who's On?
- "who are you?" error message
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- whoami command
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.1. I/O Redirectors
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 1.1.6.2. who
- UNIX Power Tools, 2.12. Automatic Setups for Different Terminals
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: whoami
- (see also logname command)
- errors caused by
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- whois command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: whois
- width, output field
: sed & awk, 7.9. Formatted Printing
- wildcards
: (see metacharacters/wildcards)
- window managers/systems
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.1. Introduction to Windowing
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.3.1. Setting Focus
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.2.3. C. Starting the Window Manager
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5. Working with Windows
- unlocking
: UNIX Power Tools, 42.2. Fixing a Hung Terminal or Job
- windows
- asynchronous, managing
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: layers
- checking height and width
: UNIX Power Tools, 42.6.2. Screen Width and Height: screensize
- emacs commands for
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 7.2.10. Window Commands
- focus
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.3.1. Setting Focus
- iconifying/maximizing
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.1. Using the Titlebar
- managing
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5. Working with Windows
- menus for (mwm)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.4. The Window Menu
- root (X Window System)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.3.3. The Root Menu
- running software written for ASCII terminals
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.8. ptys and Window Systems
- size
- Learning the vi Editor, 7.1.1. The :set Command
- UNIX Power Tools, 42.5. Checklist: Screen Size Messed Up?
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: jwin
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: stty
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: vi
- testing
- UNIX Power Tools, 42.6.1. Single Line Screen Width: 80cols
- UNIX Power Tools, 42.6.3. Set Width, Test Line Wrapping: longlines
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: ismpx
- titlebar
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5. Working with Windows
- X
: (see X Window System)
- xterm
: (see xterm windows)
- wksh shell
- Learning the Korn Shell, A. Related Shells
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.3. wksh
- word abbreviation
- Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.1. Word Abbreviation
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 7.2.8. Word Abbreviation Commands
- word lists
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: spell
- (see also dictionary files)
- arrays compared to
: UNIX Power Tools, 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays
- in C shells
: UNIX Power Tools, 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays
- variables set to
: UNIX Power Tools, 46.7. Quoting and Command-Line Parameters
- word substitution (csh)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.5.3. Word Substitution
- word vectors
: UNIX Power Tools, 8.12. Which One Will the C Shell Use?
- word-erase character
: UNIX Power Tools, 9.2. Fix a Line Faster with Line-Kill and Word-Erase
- wordfreq script
- UNIX Power Tools, 29.7. Count How Many Times Each Word Is Used
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- words
: Learning the Korn Shell, 1.1. What Is a Shell?
- counting
- UNIX Power Tools, 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc
- UNIX Power Tools, 29.7. Count How Many Times Each Word Is Used
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: wc
- doubled
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.8. Find a a Doubled Word
- extracting
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.10. Just the Words, Please
- lists of
: (see word lists)
- order of separation in command-line processing
: Learning the Korn Shell, 7.3. Command-line Processing
- searching multiple files for
: UNIX Power Tools, 17.21. lookfor: Which File Has that Word?
- spell checking
: (see spell checking)
- working directory
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 3.1.2. Your Working Directory
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 3.1.6. Changing Your Working Directory
- World Wide Web, described
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications
- wq command (ex)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 9, Reference: wq
- wraparound
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
- write( )
: UNIX Power Tools, 20.6. Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
- write command (ex)
- UNIX Power Tools, 33.4. Useful ex Commands
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: write
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 9, Reference: write
- (see w command (sed))
- write utility
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications
- writing
- UNIX Power Tools, 13.12. Writing to Multiple Terminals for Demonstrations
- (see also output)
- awk scripts for
- sed & awk, 1.4. Four Hurdles to Mastering sed and awk
- sed & awk, 7. Writing Scripts for awk
- from files
: sed & awk, 5.11. Reading and Writing Files
- to files
- sed & awk, 2.3.2.1. Saving output
- sed & awk, 5.11. Reading and Writing Files
- sed & awk, 10.5. Directing Output to Files and Pipes
- permissions
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 3.1.8.1. ls
- UNIX Power Tools, 22.2. Tutorial on File and Directory Permissions
- absence of
: (see read-only files)
- modifying without
: UNIX Power Tools, 22.11. A Loophole: Modifying Files Without Write Access
- sticky bit and
: UNIX Power Tools, 22.6. Protecting Files with the Sticky Bit
- regular expressions
: sed & awk, 3.2.3. Writing Regular Expressions
- sed scripts for
- sed & awk, 1.4. Four Hurdles to Mastering sed and awk
- sed & awk, 4. Writing sed Scripts
- user-defined functions
: sed & awk, 9.3. Writing Your Own Functions
- writing to standard output
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: echo
- ww function
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.8. Find a a Doubled Word
- WYSIWYG programs
: UNIX Power Tools, 43.12.4. WYSIWYG Document Processors
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