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Index: C
- .c filename extension
- 1.17. Filename Extensions
- 52.8.2.7. Functions, Libraries, and Header Files
- c function (for changing directories)
: 14.9. cd by Directory Initials
- C language
: 52.8.2. Compiling Source Code
- compiling
: 52.8.2.8. The make Program
- source code
: 52.8. Building Programs from Source Code
- C program header file extension
: 1.17. Filename Extensions
- C program source file extension
: 1.17. Filename Extensions
- C shell
- .cshrc file
: (see .cshrc file)
- C shell (csh)
- 1.8. There Are Many Shells
- 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- 44.3.3. Types of Shells
- accidental logouts
: 3.5. Stop Accidental C Shell Logouts
- advantages
: 44.3.3. Types of Shells
- aliases
: 10.7. How to Put if-then-else in a C Shell Alias
- array support
: 45.34. Arrays in the Bourne Shell
- arrays in
: 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays
- automatically killing background processes
: 38.17. Automatically Kill Background Processes on Logout in csh
- avoiding alias loops
: 10.6. Avoiding C Shell Alias Loops
- background processing
: 1.27. How Background Processing Works
- bash shells compared to
: 47.1. Why Not?
- Bourne shell compared to
- 47.1. Why Not?
- 47.2. C Shell Programming Considered Harmful
- Bourne shell replacing
- 45.6. Making Sure Your Script Runs with Bourne Shell, Without #!
- 45.7. The exec Command
- bugs in
: 47.2. C Shell Programming Considered Harmful
- built-in string operators
: 7.4. Faster Prompt Setting with Built-Ins
- command history
- 11.1. The Lessons of History
- (see history of command)
- command name for
: 42.2.5. Aborting Programs
- command tools and
: 1.14. The Kernel and Daemons
- configuration files
: 2.7. C Shell Setup Files Aren't Read When You Want Them to Be?
- creating empty file
: 21.7. Setting File Modification Time with touch
- default prompt
: 7.1. Why Change Your Prompt?
- defining variables
: 6.8. Shell Variables
- disadvantages
- 44.3.3. Types of Shells
- 47.1. Why Not?
- 47.2. C Shell Programming Considered Harmful
- echo command
: 8.6.1. Portability
- editing history substitutions
: 9.6. String Editing (Colon) Operators
- environment variables
: 47.2.5. Variable Syntax
- error handling
: 47.2.7. Error Handling
- eval command
: 5.3. Setting the Terminal Type When You Log In
- executing scripts via
: 40.4. Choosing the Shell Run (We Hope) by at
- expressions in
- 47.4.2. Expressions
- 47.4.4. Examples
- -f option
: 2.5.1. Quick Login
- flow control in
: 47.2.2.2. Flow Control
- foreach loop
: 9.11. Repeating a Command with a foreach Loop
- history
: 51.7. When You Get Impatient
- history characters
: 11.15. Changing C Shell History Characters with histchars
- history file
: 11.11.2. C Shell
- if loops in
: 47.2.6. Expression Evaluation
- importing commands
: 8.12. Which One Will the C Shell Use?
- interpreting commands
: 8.5. Command-Line Evaluation
- Korn shell compared to
: 47.1. Why Not?
- .logout file
: 3.1. Running Commands When You Log Out
- mail notification
: 21.8.1. For C Shell Users
- managing file descriptors
: 47.2.1. File Descriptors
- matching word, escaping
: 8.18. Here Documents
- multiline commands
: 9.13. Multiline Commands, Secondary Prompts
- nesting aliases
: 10.2.3. Setting Aliases Automatically, Unsetting Aliases
- noclobber variable
: 13.6. Safe I/O Redirection with noclobber
- operator precedence in
: 47.4.2. Expressions
- overriding environment variables
: 6.10. Running a Command with a Temporarily Different Environment
- parsing in
: 47.2.2.3. Stupid Parsing Bugs
- passing command history to
: 11.12. Pass History to Another Shell
- pipelines in
: 47.2.1.4. More Elaborate Combinations
- quoting in
- 8.15. Differences Between Bourne and C Shell Quoting
- 47.2.4. Quoting
- random number generators
: 45.11. The Multipurpose jot Command
- redirecting input/output
: 13.5. Redirection in C Shell: Capture Errors, Too?
- redirecting stdin
: 13.1. Using Standard Input and Output
- rehash command
: 4.2. A bin Directory for Your Programs and Scripts
- repeat command
: 9.25. The C Shell repeat Command
- script file extension
: 1.17. Filename Extensions
- set nonomatch command
: 3.4. Automatic File Cleanup
- shell variables
: 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
- special characters/operators in
: 8.19. "Special" Characters and Operators
- speeding up
: 2.9. Speeding Up Your C Shell with set prompt Test
- standard input
: 47.2.1.2. Reading Files
- standard output
: 47.2.1.4. More Elaborate Combinations
- stray prompt problems
: 7.3. C Shell Prompt Causes Problems in vi, rsh, etc.
- trapping signals
: 47.2.3. Signals
- variable syntax
: 47.2.5. Variable Syntax
- C shell scripts
- exit status inserted
: 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes
- -f option
: 45.4. Fun with #!
- interrupted
: 45.8. Handling Signals to Child Processes
- quoting in
: 46.7. Quoting and Command-Line Parameters
- c-w script
: 22.10. cx, cw, c-w: Quick File Permission Changes
- C132 script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- C80 script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- cal program
: 48.6. Get Calendar for Any Month or Year: cal
- calen program versus
: 48.8. Calendar for 132-Column Terminals or Printers
- printing
: 48.9. PostScript Calendars with pcal
- cal_today script
- 48.7. cal That Marks Today's Date
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- calculators
- 49.1. bc: Simple Math at the Shell Prompt
- (see also bc program)
- spreadsheets vs.
: 49.8. It's Great to Have a Spreadsheet
- types of
: 49.1. bc: Simple Math at the Shell Prompt
- calen program
- 48.8. Calendar for 132-Column Terminals or Printers
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- .calendar file, pcal using
: 48.9. PostScript Calendars with pcal
- calendar program
: 48.4. Automatic Reminders and More: calendar
- sending one-line reminders
: 40.11. Send Yourself Reminder Mail
- cancel command (System V)
: 43.2.1. System V Printing Commands
- "canonicalized" input lines
: 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- capability lines in termcap or terminfo files
: 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
- capitalization
: (see case sensitivity)
- CAPS LOCK, typing without
: 31.11. Typing in Uppercase Without CAPS LOCK
- caret
: (see ^)
- carriage returns
- 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- (see newline character)
- case command
: 45.22. Handling Files Line-by-Line
- case sensitivity
: 1.15. Filenames
- ispell program and
: 29.2. Check Spelling Interactively with ispell
- search patterns
: 27.16. Faking Case-Insensitive Searches
- vi and ex editors and
: 30.17. Capitalizing Every Word on a Line
- case statement
- 2.12. Automatic Setups for Different Terminals
- 44.5. Test String Values with Bourne Shell case
- advantages
: 45.33. Testing Two Strings with One case Statement
- egrep expressions built
: 48.2. Online Phone and Address Lists
- errors caused by
: 46.1.4. Missing or Extra esac, ;;, fi, etc.
- examples
- 44.5. Test String Values with Bourne Shell case
- 44.16. Handling Command-Line Arguments with a for Loop
- 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift
- 48.2. Online Phone and Address Lists
- 51.3. ASCII Characters: Listing and Getting Values
- handling command-line arguments
: 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift
- in while loops
: 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift
- pattern matching in
: 44.6. Pattern Matching in case Statements
- test command compared to
: 45.33. Testing Two Strings with One case Statement
- testing two strings using
: 45.33. Testing Two Strings with One case Statement
- cat command
- 1.2. Who Listens to What You Type?
- 13.2. One Argument with a cat Isn't Enough
- 25.2. Four Ways to Skin a cat
- 25.5. Page Through Compressed, RCS, Unprintable Files
- backslash character and
: 8.6.1. Portability
- combining files
: 8.4. Command Evaluation and Accidentally Overwriting Files
- -e option
- 16.13. Can't Access a File? Look for Spaces in the Name
- 25.6. What's in That White Space?
- examples
- 44.9. Testing Your Success
- 44.10.1. Looping Until a Command Succeeds
- for loops combined with
: 45.16. Standard Input to a for Loop
- -n option
: 25.21. Numbering Lines
- -s option
: 25.11. crush: A cat that Skips all Blank Lines
- starting pipelines
: 1.4. Using Pipes to Create a New Tool
- -t option
: 25.6. What's in That White Space?
- -v option
- 25.6. What's in That White Space?
- 25.7. Show Non-Printing Characters with cat -v or od -c
- 41.12. Finding Out What Characters Your Terminal's Special Keys Send
- catman program, egrep versus
: 50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos
- catsaway script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- examples
: 44.10.2. Looping Until a Command Fails
- cbreak mode
- 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- 41.7. Reading Verrrry Long Lines from the Terminal
- cbw program
: 22.17. Ways of Improving the Security of crypt
- cd command
- 3.4. Automatic File Cleanup
- 7.6. Session Information in Your Terminal's Status Line
- 14.3. What Good Is a Current Directory?
- (see also current directory)
- - option
: 14.6. The Shells' pushd and popd Commands
- aliases for
: 14.8. Quick cds with Aliases
- cdpath variable and
: 14.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath
- directory initials and
: 14.9. cd by Directory Initials
- in subshells
: 13.8. Using {list} to Group Bourne Shell Commands
- CD-ROM (with this book)
: 52.1. Introduction
- CD-ROM formats
: 52.5.1. CD-ROM Formats
- :cdpath in csh
: 14.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath
- CDPATH environment variable
: 14.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath
- cdpath shell variable
- 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
- 14.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath
- as array
: 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays
- center script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- centering lines, awk script
: 35.8. Centering Lines in a File
- cgrep script
- 27.11. A Multiline Context grep Using sed
- 27.13. More grep-like Programs Written in Perl
- 34.17. Searching for Patterns Split Across Lines
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- cgrep.sed script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- change command (ex)
: 33.4. Useful ex Commands
- change times
: 16.5. The Three UNIX File Times
- character codes in termcap and terminfo databases
: 41.11.1. Special Character Codes
- character sets
- 26.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions
- 26.4.2. Matching a Character with a Character Set
- character strings
- grabbing
: 45.30. Grabbing Parts of a String
- parsing
: 45.30. Grabbing Parts of a String
- testing
: 45.33. Testing Two Strings with One case Statement
- testing using expr
: 45.29. Testing Characters in a String with expr
- characters
- counting
: 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc
- handling most
: 41.2.2. Handling Most Characters
- nonprintable
: (see special characters)
- sending repeated to terminals
: 42.7. termtest: Send Repeated Characters to Terminal
- sent by special keys
: 41.12. Finding Out What Characters Your Terminal's Special Keys Send
- special
: (see special characters)
- check command (SCCS)
: 20.13. SCCS Basics
- checksed script
- 34.3.1. checksed
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- chgrp command
- 1.23. File Access Permissions
- 22.5. Group Permissions in a Directory with the setgid Bit
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- child processes
- 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- 45.8. Handling Signals to Child Processes
- (see also processes)
- changes to environment of
: 38.4. Subshells
- file descriptors given to
: 45.20. Overview: Open Files and File Descriptors
- killing
: 38.10. Destroying Processes with kill
- relationship to parent
: 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- child signal
: 38.8. What Are Signals?
- CHLD (child) signal
: 38.8. What Are Signals?
- chmod command
- 22.7. Using chmod to Change File Permission
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- = operator
: 22.8. The Handy chmod = Operator
- described
: 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program
- examples
: 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program
- -R option
- 22.7. Using chmod to Change File Permission
- 22.8. The Handy chmod = Operator
- chmod_edit script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- chown command
- 1.23. File Access Permissions
- 22.21. How to Change File Ownership Without chown
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- Christiansen, Tom
: 13.2. One Argument with a cat Isn't Enough
- on C shell disadvantages
: 47.1. Why Not?
- on directory stacks
: 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays
- chsh command
: 2.16. Approved Shells: Using Unapproved Login Shell
- chunksort script
- 36.7. Sorting Multiline Entries
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- ci command (RCS)
: 20.14. RCS Basics
- cleanup script
- 3.4. Automatic File Cleanup
- 23.22. Using find to Clear Out Unneeded Files
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- cleanup.sed script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- clear command
- 3.1. Running Commands When You Log Out
- 22.18. Clear Your Terminal for Security, to Stop Burn-in
- 42.4. Checklist for Resetting a Messed Up Terminal
- clear screen function in terminal setup menu
: 42.4. Checklist for Resetting a Messed Up Terminal
- Clear script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- clear script
: 41.9. Commands to Adjust Your Terminal
- clf script
- 16.6. clf, cls: "Compressed" ls Listings
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- clf2 script
- 16.6. clf, cls: "Compressed" ls Listings
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- clipboard, creating in terminal windows
: 48.3. A Scratchpad on Your Screen
- clock in UNIX
- 51.2. How UNIX Keeps Time
- 51.10. The date Command
- close command (awk)
: 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- closing
- file descriptors
: 47.2.1.3. Closing FDs
- files
: 45.21. n>&m: Swap Standard Output and Standard Error
- clri command
: 23.13. Deleting Files with the Null Name
- ClrStatus script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- cls script
- 16.6. clf, cls: "Compressed" ls Listings
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- cls2 script
- 16.6. clf, cls: "Compressed" ls Listings
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- cmd field
- in crontab entries
: 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- cmp program
- 28.11. cmp and diff
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- co command (RCS)
: 20.14. RCS Basics
- col command
- 43.18. How nroff Makes Bold and Underline; How to Remove It
- 50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos
- colcrt command
: 43.18. How nroff Makes Bold and Underline; How to Remove It
- Collinson, Peter
: 44.14. Putting awk, sed, etc., Inside Shell Scripts
- colrm command
: 35.15. Cutting Columns with colrm
- advantages
: 45.30.2. Using echo with awk, colrm, or cut
- awk compared to
: 45.30.2. Using echo with awk, colrm, or cut
- cols script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- columns
- formatting
: 35.14. Cutting Columns or Fields with cut
- selecting
- 35.14. Cutting Columns or Fields with cut
- 35.15. Cutting Columns with colrm
- straightening
: 35.22. Straightening Jagged Columns
- totaling using addup
: 49.7. Total a Column with addup
- comm command
- 2.14. motd.diff: Show New Lines in Login Messages
- 16.23. Comparing Filenames in Two Directory Trees
- 28.12. Comparing Two Files with comm
- comma (,) in filenames
: 1.15. Filenames
- command
- resetting search table
: 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program
- command characters
: (see special characters)
- command command
: 8.11. Which One Will bash Use?
- command directories
: 6.1. What Environment Variables Are Good For
- command interpreters
- 1.2. Who Listens to What You Type?
- 44.3. What's a Shell, Anyway?
- (see also shells)
- command line
- advantages
: 9.1. What's Special About the UNIX Command Line
- aliases for arguments
- 10.2.2. Using More Complex Aliases
- 10.3. C Shell Aliases with Command-Line Arguments
- arguments
: 8.6. Output Command-Line Arguments
- changing path on
: 8.7.2. Changing Path on the Command Line
- deleting on
: 9.2. Fix a Line Faster with Line-Kill and Word-Erase
- editing
: 11.13. Shell Command-Line Editing
- editing on
: 11.1. The Lessons of History
- evaluating
: 8.5. Command-Line Evaluation
- filenames on
: 13.13. The "Filename" -
- interpreted by shell
: 1.2. Who Listens to What You Type?
- parsing
: 8.9. Wildcards Inside of Aliases
- reprinting
: 9.3. Reprinting Your Command Line with CTRL-r
- saving to file
: 1.5. Anyone Can Program the Shell
- as shell scripts
: 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program
- submitting for execution at a later time
: 40.3. The at Command
- too-long commands
: 9.20. Too Many Files for the Command Line
- "command not found" error message
: 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- command runtimes
- averages of
: 39.4. Average Command Runtimes with runtime
- command substitution
- in for loops
: 44.16. Handling Command-Line Arguments with a for Loop
- nested
: 45.31. Nested Command Substitution
- command-line arguments
- character limit
: 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- counting
: 44.15.2. With a Loop
- finding last
: 45.14. Finding the Last Command-Line Argument
- for loops
- 44.15.2. With a Loop
- 44.16. Handling Command-Line Arguments with a for Loop
- in Bourne shell scripts
: 44.15. Handling Command-Line Arguments in Shell Scripts
- in Korn Shell scripts
: 44.15. Handling Command-Line Arguments in Shell Scripts
- listing using expr
: 45.30.1. Matching with expr
- parsing
- 44.18. Standard Command-Line Parsing
- 44.19. The Bourne Shell set Command
- quoting
: 46.7. Quoting and Command-Line Parameters
- removing
: 44.15.2. With a Loop
- saving original settings
: 44.19. The Bourne Shell set Command
- setting
: 44.19. The Bourne Shell set Command
- starting with - (minus)
: 44.16. Handling Command-Line Arguments with a for Loop
- unsetting
: 45.15. How to Unset all Command-Line Parameters
- commands
- 1.4. Using Pipes to Create a New Tool
- (see also under specific command name)
- aliases for
: 8.8. A Directory for Commands You Shouldn't Run
- ampersand (&) character at the end of
: 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- awk utility
: 33.11.6. Group Listing of awk Commands
- background
- 3.1. Running Commands When You Log Out
- 3.4. Automatic File Cleanup
- banner
: 43.11. Big Letters: banner
- Berkeley printing commands
: 43.2.2. Berkeley Printing Commands
- blocked processes
: 39.12.3. The I/O Subsystem
- built-in
- 7.4. Faster Prompt Setting with Built-Ins
- 8.11. Which One Will bash Use?
- 38.2. fork and exec
- 47.2.2.1. Built-Ins
- col
: 43.18. How nroff Makes Bold and Underline; How to Remove It
- colcrt
: 43.18. How nroff Makes Bold and Underline; How to Remove It
- combining
: 13.7.1. Combining Several Commands
- command substitution
: 9.16. Command Substitution
- custom
: (see custom commands)
- displaying running
: 39.6. lastcomm: What Commands Are Running and How Long Do They Take?
- Emacs command completion
: 32.6. Command Completion
- ex editor
: 33.4. Useful ex Commands
- exit status
: 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes
- finding
: 16.10. findcmd: Find a Command in Your Search Path
- fold
: 43.8. Fixing Margins with pr and fold
- for adjusting terminals
: 41.9. Commands to Adjust Your Terminal
- history of
: (see history of command)
- how to issue terminals
: 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
- in .logout file
: 3.1. Running Commands When You Log Out
- multiline
: 9.13. Multiline Commands, Secondary Prompts
- multiple, while loops using
: 45.19. A while Loop with Several Loop Control Commands
- naming
: 44.21. Picking a Name for a New Command
- numeric returns
: 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes
- pr
- 43.7. Quick-and-Dirty Formatting Before Printing
- 43.10. Filename Headers Above Files Without pr
- printed in parentheses in ps output
: 38.7. Why ps Prints Some Commands in Parentheses
- printing
- System V
: 43.2.1. System V Printing Commands
- recalling
: (see history of command)
- redefining with aliases
: 10.2.3. Setting Aliases Automatically, Unsetting Aliases
- repeating
- 9.11. Repeating a Command with a foreach Loop
- 11.8. Repeating a Cycle of Commands
- 51.7. When You Get Impatient
- RETURN key not used with
: 45.32. A Better read Command: grabchars
- running a series of
: 11.9. Running a Series of Commands on a File
- running at login
: 2.2.2. C Shell
- running by typing a single character
: 42.4. Checklist for Resetting a Messed Up Terminal
- running number of them and averaging
: 39.4. Average Command Runtimes with runtime
- running on compressed files
: 24.10. zloop: Run a Command on Compressed Files
- sed editor
: 43.21. Preprocessing troff Input with sed
- shell interpretation of
: 8.1. What the Shell Does
- storing
: 4.9. Setting Up vi with the .exrc File
- with temporarily different environment
: 6.10. Running a Command with a Temporarily Different Environment
- throwaway scripts for
: 9.15. Throwaway Scripts for Complicated Commands
- too long for command line
: 9.20. Too Many Files for the Command Line
- typing at the shell prompt
: 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- ul
: 43.18. How nroff Makes Bold and Underline; How to Remove It
- versions
: 44.1. Everyone Should Learn Some Shell Programming
- writing manual pages for
- 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
- 50.11. Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros
- commenting
- Bourne shell scripts
: 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program
- ease of use
: 44.14. Putting awk, sed, etc., Inside Shell Scripts
- examples
: 44.14. Putting awk, sed, etc., Inside Shell Scripts
- in termcap or terminfo files
: 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
- starting with # (pound)
: 45.2. The Story of : # #!
- starting with :
: 45.9. The Unappreciated Bourne Shell ":" Operator
- starting with : (colon)
: 45.2. The Story of : # #!
- communication parameters, changing on the fly
: 42.1. Making Sense Out of the Terminal Mess
- communications utilities
: 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications
- comparing
- directory trees
: 16.22. Comparing Two Directory Trees with dircmp
- editing and
: 28.9. ex Scripts Built by diff
- filenames
: 16.23. Comparing Filenames in Two Directory Trees
- files
: 18.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
- bdiff command
: 28.7. diff for Very Long Files: bdiff
- cmp program
: 28.11. cmp and diff
- comm command
: 28.12. Comparing Two Files with comm
- diff command
- 28.1. Checking Differences with diff
- 28.3. Context diffs
- diff3 script
: 28.2. Comparing Three Different Versions with diff3
- diffmk command
: 28.15. Show Changes in a troff File with diffmk
- make utility for
: 28.13. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
- sdiff command
- 28.4. Side-by-Side diffs: sdiff
- 28.6. Choosing Sides with sdiff
- twin program
: 28.5. Comparing Files Alongside One Another
- word counts
: 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc
- competion, filename
: 11.13. Shell Command-Line Editing
- compilation process
- 52.8.2.7. Functions, Libraries, and Header Files
- 52.8.2.8. The make Program
- compiling programs
: 52.8.2. Compiling Source Code
- complete shell variable
: 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
- completion, filename
: 9.8. Filename Completion: Faster Filename Typing
- compress utility
: 24.7. Compressing Files to Save Space
- compressed files
- 1.17. Filename Extensions
- 24.7. Compressing Files to Save Space
- editing
: 24.11. Edit Compressed Files with zvi, zex, and zed
- in entire directory tree
- 24.8. Save Space: tar and compress a Directory Tree
- 24.12. Compressing a Directory Tree: Fine-Tuning
- paging through
: 25.5. Page Through Compressed, RCS, Unprintable Files
- running commands on
: 24.10. zloop: Run a Command on Compressed Files
- whitespace and
: 24.6. Save Space with Tab Characters
- compressor script
: 21.5. What Good Is a File's Last Access Time?
- conditional expressions
: (see expressions, conditional)
- configuration files
- for csh
: 2.7. C Shell Setup Files Aren't Read When You Want Them to Be?
- pathnames in
: 2.6. Use Absolute Pathnames in Shell Setup Files
- shells
: 2.2. Shell Setup Files-Which, Where, and Why
- configure shell script
: 52.8.2.6. An Easy Build
- configuring terminals
- 5.1. There's a Lot to Know About Terminals
- 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In
- 5.10. Finding What Terminal Names You Can Use
- conserving disk space
: (see disk space)
- CONT (continue) signal
: 38.8. What Are Signals?
- continue command (awk)
: 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- continue signal
: (see CONT signal)
- control characters
: 41.11.1. Special Character Codes
- Emacs and
: 32.10. Inserting Binary Characters into Files
- ex and vi editors and
: 31.6. Protecting Keys from Interpretation by ex
- in scripts
: 45.35. Using a Control Character in a Script
- storing
: 51.6. Cleaning script Files
- control characters, echoing in BSD
: 41.5. Why Some Systems Backspace over Prompts
- control echo
: 41.2.3. What About TABs?
- controlling process
: 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- controlling terminal
: 38.6. The Controlling Terminal
- conversion, base
- cvtbase used for
: 49.5. Base Conversion Using cvtbase
- problems
: 49.3. Gotchas in Base Conversion
- conversion, binary
- bc program used for
: 49.2. bc: Hexadecimal or Binary Conversion
- conversion, hexadecimal
- bc program used for
: 49.2. bc: Hexadecimal or Binary Conversion
- cooked mode
: 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- Cooper, Michael
: 5.5. Querying Your Terminal Type: qterm
- COPTS declaration line
- -I option
: 52.8.2.8. The make Program
- copy command (ex)
: 33.4. Useful ex Commands
- copying
- directory trees
: 18.15. Copying Directory Trees with cp -r
- files
- 18.1. What's So Complicated About Copying Files?
- 18.2. What's Really in a Directory
- 18.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
- 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
- (see also moving files; renaming files)
- to directories
: 21.12. Copying Files to a Directory
- files to different directories
: 45.25. Shell Scripts On-the-Fly from Standard Input
- links
: 18.15. Copying Directory Trees with cp -r
- permissions
: 22.16. Copying Permissions with cpmod
- text, in vi
: 30.8. Get Back What You Deleted with Numbered Buffers
- core dumps
: 24.5. Limiting File Sizes
- made by QUIT signal
: 38.9. Killing Foreground Jobs
- cos command (awk)
: 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- count.it script
- 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- count_types script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- counting occurrences
: 30.16. Counting Occurrences; Stopping Search Wraps
- counting text elements
: 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc
- wordfreq script
: 29.7. Count How Many Times Each Word Is Used
- cp command
- 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- (see also rcp utility)
- -b option
: 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
- -i option
: 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
- -p option
: 22.21. How to Change File Ownership Without chown
- -r option
: 18.15. Copying Directory Trees with cp -r
- cpio command
: 19.9. A System V Tape Archiver: cpio
- -d option
: 19.9. A System V Tape Archiver: cpio
- -i option
: 19.9. A System V Tape Archiver: cpio
- -o option
: 19.9. A System V Tape Archiver: cpio
- -v option
: 19.9. A System V Tape Archiver: cpio
- cpmod
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- cpmod utility
: 22.16. Copying Permissions with cpmod
- CPU contention
- measuring
: 39.12.1. The CPU
- CPU system time
: 39.3. The csh time variable
- CPU time
- 39.2. Timing Programs
- 39.5. Why Is the System So Slow?
- as percentage of elapsed time
: 39.3. The csh time variable
- CPU user time
: 39.3. The csh time variable
- cron command
: 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- cron daemon
: 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- cron jobs
- environment of
: 40.12. Periodic Program Execution: The cron Facility
- including standard input within
: 40.14. Including Standard Input Within a cron Entry
- schedule
: 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- cron system
: 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- crontab command
- 40.1. Off-Peak Job Submission
- 40.13. Adding crontab Entries
- 40.15. crontab Script Makes crontab Editing Easier/Safer
- crontab command:script
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- crontab entries
: 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- adding
: 40.13. Adding crontab Entries
- editing
: 40.13. Adding crontab Entries
- example
: 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
- removing
: 40.13. Adding crontab Entries
- crontab files
- adding calendar information to
: 48.4.3. Automating Your Own Calendar
- personal
: 40.5. Avoiding Other at and cron Jobs
- "cross-device link" error message
: 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- crush script
- 25.11. crush: A cat that Skips all Blank Lines
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- Crypt Breaker's Workbench program
: 22.17. Ways of Improving the Security of crypt
- crypt utility
: 22.17. Ways of Improving the Security of crypt
- csh
: (see C shell)
- csh command name
: 42.2.5. Aborting Programs
- .csh filename extension
: 1.17. Filename Extensions
- csh time variable
- 39.2. Timing Programs
- 39.3. The csh time variable
- csh_init
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- on PowerTools disk
- 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays
- 50.8. Which Version Am I Using?
- csh_logout
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- .cshrc file
- 2.2.2. C Shell
- 2.5.1. Quick Login
- 2.7. C Shell Setup Files Aren't Read When You Want Them to Be?
- 2.9. Speeding Up Your C Shell with set prompt Test
- # in
: 10.2.1. Simple Aliases
- creating multiline prompt
: 7.11. dirs in Your Prompt: Better than $cwd
- if statements in
: 47.3. Conditional Statements with if
- prompt setting
- 7.2. Basics of Setting the Prompt
- 7.5. Multiline Shell Prompts
- setting search path
: 8.7.1. Setting Path in Shell Setup Files
- SHLVL environment variable
: 7.9. Show Subshell Level with $SHLVL
- symlinks workaround
: 14.13. Which Directory Am I in, Really?
- .cshrc.$HOST file
: 2.13. A .cshrc.$HOST File for Per Host Setup
- CSHRC_READ variable
: 2.10. Gotchas in set prompt Test
- csplit program
- 35.10. Splitting Files by Context: csplit
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- ctags command
: 30.28. Keep Track of Functions and Included Files with ctags and tags
- ctime, defined
: 16.5. The Three UNIX File Times
- CTRL -\(to quit)
- 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- 42.2.5. Aborting Programs
- CTRL key
: 5.8. Terminal Escape Sequences
- specifying with stty command
: 5.9. Setting Your Erase, Kill, and Interrupt Characters
- CTRL-/ command
: 38.9. Killing Foreground Jobs
- CTRL-c command
- 9.19. For the Impatient: Type-Ahead
- 38.9. Killing Foreground Jobs
- aborting programs
: 42.2.5. Aborting Programs
- CTRL-d command
- 2.5.1. Quick Login
- 3.5. Stop Accidental C Shell Logouts
- 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- flushing the input buffer
: 41.7. Reading Verrrry Long Lines from the Terminal
- to end scripts
: 51.5. Copy What You Do with script
- typing command lines in at
: 40.3. The at Command
- CTRL-h command
: 41.2.2. Handling Most Characters
- CTRL-j command
: 42.4. Checklist for Resetting a Messed Up Terminal
- CTRL-l command
: 42.5. Checklist: Screen Size Messed Up?
- CTRL-m character
- 1.29. When Is a File Not a File?
- 4.9. Setting Up vi with the .exrc File
- CTRL-q command
: 41.2.4. Flow Control (We Hope)
- killing processes
: 38.15. Cleaning Up an Unkillable Process
- restarting output
: 42.2.1. Output Stopped?
- CTRL-r (reprint) character
: 9.3. Reprinting Your Command Line with CTRL-r
- CTRL-s command
: 41.2.4. Flow Control (We Hope)
- stopping output
: 42.2.1. Output Stopped?
- CTRL-u (line-kill) character
: 9.2. Fix a Line Faster with Line-Kill and Word-Erase
- CTRL-w (word-erase) character
: 9.2. Fix a Line Faster with Line-Kill and Word-Erase
- CTRL-x (line-kill) character
: 9.2. Fix a Line Faster with Line-Kill and Word-Erase
- CTRL-z command
- 1.28. Some Gotchas with Background Processing
- 12.1.1. Foreground and Background
- 38.8. What Are Signals?
- putting jobs in background
: 42.2.3. Program Waiting for Input?
- stopping a subshell
: 38.4. Subshells
- used during sourcing
: 47.2.2.1. Built-Ins
- CTS (Clear to Send)
: 41.2.4. Flow Control (We Hope)
- cur function
: 10.9. Shell Functions
- curly braces
: (see { })
- curly quotes
: 43.21. Preprocessing troff Input with sed
- current directory
- 1.21. Making Pathnames
- 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
- 7.11. dirs in Your Prompt: Better than $cwd
- 10.9. Shell Functions
- 14.13. Which Directory Am I in, Really?
- 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- advantages
: 14.3. What Good Is a Current Directory?
- finding
: 14.4. How Does UNIX Find Your Current Directory?
- current job
: 12.3. The "Current Job" Isn't Always What You Expect
- custom commands
- advantages of
: 1.4. Using Pipes to Create a New Tool
- directories
: 1.10. Internal and External Commands
- custom shells
: 2.1. Customizing the Shell
- customizing
- Emacs searching
: 32.8. Rational Searches
- grep commands
: 27.12. Make Custom grep Commands (etc.) with perl
- keys
: (see key definitions)
- cut command
- 35.14. Cutting Columns or Fields with cut
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- advantages
: 45.30.2. Using echo with awk, colrm, or cut
- awk compared to
: 45.30.2. Using echo with awk, colrm, or cut
- as filter in index program
: 48.12. Using index with a Filter
- cvtbase program
- 49.5. Base Conversion Using cvtbase
- 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- cw script
: 22.10. cx, cw, c-w: Quick File Permission Changes
- cwd shell variable
- 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
- 7.11. dirs in Your Prompt: Better than $cwd
- 14.13. Which Directory Am I in, Really?
- cx script
: 22.10. cx, cw, c-w: Quick File Permission Changes
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