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Index: P
- packed file extension
: 1.17. Filename Extensions
- page faults
- number of : 39.3. The csh time variable
- PAGER environment variable
: 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
- pagers
- advantages
: 46.1.1. Use -xv
- piping : 1.4. Using Pipes to Create a New Tool
- piping debugging output to : 46.1.1. Use -xv
- piping to : 13.4. Problems Piping to a Pager
- piping : 1.4. Using Pipes to Create a New Tool
- advantages
: 46.1.1. Use -xv
- pages
- rearranging in PostScript files
: 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- resizing in PostScript files : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- rearranging in PostScript files
: 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- paging
: 39.12.2. The Memory Subsystem
- paging through files
- paircheck script
- paired item checking
: 29.9. Looking for Closure
- panic message : 1.14. The Kernel and Daemons
- parameter substitution
- panic message : 1.14. The Kernel and Daemons
- : (colon) used in
: 45.9. The Unappreciated Bourne Shell ":" Operator
- : used in : 45.12. Parameter Substitution
- in Bourne shells : 45.9. The Unappreciated Bourne Shell ":" Operator
- examples : 45.12. Parameter Substitution
- in Bourne shells : 45.12. Parameter Substitution
- : used in : 45.12. Parameter Substitution
- : (colon) used in
: 45.9. The Unappreciated Bourne Shell ":" Operator
- parameters, command-line
: (see command-line parameters)
- parent directory : 1.21. Making Pathnames
- parent's PID : 38.5. The ps Command
- parent-child relationships
- parent directory : 1.21. Making Pathnames
- environment variables and : 6.2. Parent-Child Relationships
- parentheses : (see ())
- commands printed in : 38.7. Why ps Prints Some Commands in Parentheses
- parentheses ()
- grouping expressions using : 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays
- parity
: 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- parsing
- in C shell
- character strings
: 45.30. Grabbing Parts of a String
- command-line arguments
- examples
: 47.2.2.3. Stupid Parsing Bugs
- output of getopt : 44.18. Standard Command-Line Parsing
- sed command used for : 45.30.4. Using sed
- set command used for : 45.30.3. Using set
- output of getopt : 44.18. Standard Command-Line Parsing
- parsing strings
: 35.21. Using IFS to Split Strings
- passwd command : 9.26.2. Automating /bin/passwd
- passwd file : 1.23. File Access Permissions
- passwords
- passwd command : 9.26.2. Automating /bin/passwd
- paste command
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- paste pforgram : 35.18. Pasting Things in Columns
- patch command : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- patch program
- paste pforgram : 35.18. Pasting Things in Columns
- patches
- compiling the pcal package : 52.8.2.5. Applying Patches
- PATH enviroment variable
: 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
- PATH environment variable
- 4.10. Find All Command Versions with whereiz
- 6.4. The PATH Environment Variable
- 9.7. String Editing in ksh and bash
- in C shell : 47.2.5. Variable Syntax
- finding commands : 6.1. What Environment Variables Are Good For
- identifying UNIX version : 50.8. Which Version Am I Using?
- in shell setup files : 8.7.1. Setting Path in Shell Setup Files
- 6.4. The PATH Environment Variable
- 4.10. Find All Command Versions with whereiz
- PATH setting
- example : 1.10. Internal and External Commands
- path shell variable
- pathchk program
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- pathname
- pathnames
- absolute
- creating
: 1.21. Making Pathnames
- for current directory : 14.13. Which Directory Am I in, Really?
- finding : 4.10. Find All Command Versions with whereiz
- in uppercase : 52.5.3.4. Installing a Single Program
- links and : 18.6. Stale Symbolic Links
- parsing directory name from : 16.17. Getting Directory Name from a File's Pathname
- relative : 2.6. Use Absolute Pathnames in Shell Setup Files
- relative vs. absolute : 14.2. Using Relative and Absolute Pathnames
- stripped from filenames : 45.18.1. Introduction to basename and dirname
- symbols in : 44.15.1. With the $@"
- on tape drives : 20.4.1. Restoring a Few Files
- tar archives and : 20.8.2. Type Pathnames Exactly
- tar command and : 20.10. Avoid Absolute Paths with tar
- wildcards and : 15.1. File Naming Wildcards
- wildcards in : 15.6. Maybe You Shouldn't Use Wildcards in Pathnames
- for current directory : 14.13. Which Directory Am I in, Really?
- pattern matching
- 21.14. Automatically Appending the Date to a Filename
- (see also regular expressions; special characters; wildcards)
- character sets : 26.4.2. Matching a Character with a Character Set
- egrep script for : 27.7. grepping for a List of Patterns
- by exclusion : 26.4.5. Exceptions in a Character Set
- in case statements : 44.6. Pattern Matching in case Statements
- limiting extent of match : 26.7. Limiting the Extent of a Match
- metacharacter examples : 26.8. I Never Meta Character I Didn't Like
- quick reference : 26.10. Pattern Matching Quick Reference with Examples
- replacement patterns
- (see also regular expressions; special characters; wildcards)
- wildcards : 44.6. Pattern Matching in case Statements
- 21.14. Automatically Appending the Date to a Filename
- patterns
- Patterson, Dave
: 11.14.1. In the C Shell: redo
- pbm (portable bitmap) format
- defined
: 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- manipulating : 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- defined
: 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- PC text files
: 35.11. Hacking on Characters with tr
- pcal program
- per-process transfer rate
: 39.12.3. The I/O Subsystem
- per-shell files
- percent sign
: (see %)
- performance
- csh (C shell)
: 2.9. Speeding Up Your C Shell with set prompt Test
- dd command an remote tape drives : 20.6. Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
- factors affecting : 39.5. Why Is the System So Slow?
- grep commands
- dd command an remote tape drives : 20.6. Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
- ksh and bash shells
: 2.11. Faster ksh and bash Startup with $- Test
- logins : 2.5. Tips for Speeding up Slow Logins
- users and : 39.12.4. User Communities
- logins : 2.5. Tips for Speeding up Slow Logins
- csh (C shell)
: 2.9. Speeding Up Your C Shell with set prompt Test
- period
: (see .)
- period (.)
- regular expression metacharacter : 26.3. Understanding Expressions
- periodic execution
- scheduling programs for : 40.12. Periodic Program Execution: The cron Facility
- Perl : 37.1. What We Do and Don't Tell You About Perl
- advantages : 37.2. Why Learn Perl? #1
- perl
- perl language
- finding text files : 16.26. Finding Text Files with findtext
- permissions : 1.23. File Access Permissions
- access modes
: 4.8. Making Directories Made Easier
- changing : 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program
- copying with cpmod utility : 22.16. Copying Permissions with cpmod
- directory
- changing : 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program
- file
- group
: (see groups)
- managing : 22.15. Juggling Permissions
- modifying files without write access : 22.11. A Loophole: Modifying Files Without Write Access
- scripts and : 22.19. Shell Scripts Must be Readable and (Usually) Executable
- scripts for changing : 22.10. cx, cw, c-w: Quick File Permission Changes
- set incorrectly : 8.1. What the Shell Does
- setgid bit and : 22.5. Group Permissions in a Directory with the setgid Bit
- sticky bit : 22.6. Protecting Files with the Sticky Bit
- umask command and
- managing : 22.15. Juggling Permissions
- access modes
: 4.8. Making Directories Made Easier
- permissions, file
- 21.14. Automatically Appending the Date to a Filename
- (see also encryption; groups)
- (see also
- searching by
- (see also encryption; groups)
- 21.14. Automatically Appending the Date to a Filename
- personal crontab files
: 40.5. Avoiding Other at and cron Jobs
- personal files/directories
- personal wordlist, ispell program
: 29.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
- pgm (graymap) format
- defined
: 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- manipulating : 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- defined
: 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- phone
- on PowerTools disk : 48.2. Online Phone and Address Lists
- phone lists, creating
: 48.2. Online Phone and Address Lists
- phone script : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- physical memory
- phone script : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- running out of
- pick script
- PID (process ID)
: 38.16. Why You Can't Kill a Zombie
- pipe : (see | (vertical bar))
- pipegrep script
- pipe : (see | (vertical bar))
- pipelines
- 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes
- (see also | (vertical bar))
- in Bourne shell : 47.2.1.4. More Elaborate Combinations
- in C shell : 47.2.1.4. More Elaborate Combinations
- exit status of : 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes
- starting with cat command : 1.4. Using Pipes to Create a New Tool
- (see also | (vertical bar))
- 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes
- pipes
- 1.3. Programs Are Designed to Work Together
- 1.30. Redirecting Input and Output
- commands joined with : 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program
- creatig new tools : 1.4. Using Pipes to Create a New Tool
- to pagers : 13.4. Problems Piping to a Pager
- ps command in : 38.5. The ps Command
- redirecting input/output : 13.1. Using Standard Input and Output
- 1.30. Redirecting Input and Output
- 1.3. Programs Are Designed to Work Together
- pnm graphic format : 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- manipulating : 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- popd command
- port settings
- problems with : 42.4. Checklist for Resetting a Messed Up Terminal
- PostScript files
- forming signatures
: 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- multiple pages per sheet : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- psbook program : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- psnup program : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- pstops program : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- rearranging pages : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- selected pages : 43.23. psselect: Print Some Pages from a PostScript file
- multiple pages per sheet : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- forming signatures
: 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- PostScript files:converting
: 43.23. psselect: Print Some Pages from a PostScript file
- PostScript files:fit to bounding box
- PostScript files:merging
: 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- PostScript files:printing pages from : 43.23. psselect: Print Some Pages from a PostScript file
- PostScript files:rearranging pages in
- PostScript files:printing pages from : 43.23. psselect: Print Some Pages from a PostScript file
- PostScript files:rearranging resources in
: 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- PostScript files:resizing pages in
- PostScript files:utilities for working with : 43.23. psselect: Print Some Pages from a PostScript file
- Other PostScript Utilities : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- PostScript format documentation
: 52.5.3.4. Installing a Single Program
- PostScript source file extension : 1.17. Filename Extensions
- pound sign : (see #)
- power tools
- PostScript source file extension : 1.17. Filename Extensions
- data-independent
: 1.3. Programs Are Designed to Work Together
- for editing : 1.6. Power Tools for Editing
- data-independent
: 1.3. Programs Are Designed to Work Together
- Power Tools CD-ROM
: 52.1. Introduction
- ppm (pixmap) format : 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- ppm (pixmap) format, manipulating : 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- pr -t -e command : 41.4.1. TAB Is Just Another Character to UNIX
- pr command
- ppm (pixmap) format : 43.25. The Portable Bitmap Package
- pre-compiled binaries
: 52.5.3. Installing Pre-Compiled Binaries
- predefined environment variables : 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
- print command (awk) : 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- printenv command
- predefined environment variables : 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
- PRINTER environment variable
: 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
- printf command : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- printf command (awk) : 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- printf utility : 8.6.1. Portability
- printf() format conversions : 45.11. The Multipurpose jot Command
- printing
- printf command : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- 21.14. Automatically Appending the Date to a Filename
- (see also typesettting)
- banner command : 43.11. Big Letters: banner
- banners : 43.11. Big Letters: banner
- Berkeley commands for : 43.2.2. Berkeley Printing Commands
- breaking long lines : 43.8. Fixing Margins with pr and fold
- checking job status : 43.3. Printer Control with lpc
- enscript program : 43.22. Converting Text Files to PostScript
- filename headers : 43.10. Filename Headers Above Files Without pr
- files : 9.5. Build Strings with { }
- fold command : 43.8. Fixing Margins with pr and fold
- folding lines : 43.8. Fixing Margins with pr and fold
- formatting output : 43.7. Quick-and-Dirty Formatting Before Printing
- from sc program
- (see also typesettting)
- graphics
- help for
: 43.3. Printer Control with lpc
- indents
- lp spooler, defined
: 43.1. Introduction to Printing
- lpc controls : 43.3. Printer Control with lpc
- lpr spooler, defined : 43.1. Introduction to Printing
- macro files for : 43.15. From a Source File to the Printer
- margins : 43.8. Fixing Margins with pr and fold
- page breaks : 43.7. Quick-and-Dirty Formatting Before Printing
- PostScript files : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- lpc controls : 43.3. Printer Control with lpc
- defined
: 43.1. Introduction to Printing
- forming signatures : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- multiple pages per sheet : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- ps book program : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- psnup program : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- pstops program : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- rearranging pages : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- selected pages : 43.23. psselect: Print Some Pages from a PostScript file
- forming signatures : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- defined
: 43.1. Introduction to Printing
- pr command
: 43.10. Filename Headers Above Files Without pr
- pr commands : 43.7. Quick-and-Dirty Formatting Before Printing
- preprocessors : 43.15. From a Source File to the Printer
- printer destination : 43.4. Using Different Printers
- processing path : 43.15. From a Source File to the Printer
- psselect program : 43.23. psselect: Print Some Pages from a PostScript file
- pstext program : 43.22. Converting Text Files to PostScript
- quitting : 43.3. Printer Control with lpc
- restarting printers : 43.3. Printer Control with lpc
- self-printing scripts : 45.4. Fun with #!
- SPOOL (Simultaneous Printing Off and On Line) : 43.1. Introduction to Printing
- spooling system : 43.1. Introduction to Printing
- pr commands : 43.7. Quick-and-Dirty Formatting Before Printing
- symbolic links : 43.5. Using Symbolic Links for Spooling
- suppressing blank lines
: 43.10. Filename Headers Above Files Without pr
- System V commands for : 43.2.1. System V Printing Commands
- text files as PostScript : 43.22. Converting Text Files to PostScript
- to terminal printer : 43.6. Printing to a Terminal Printer
- wrapping lines : 43.8. Fixing Margins with pr and fold
- System V commands for : 43.2.1. System V Printing Commands
- 21.14. Automatically Appending the Date to a Filename
- priocntl command
: 39.9. Know When to Be "nice" to OTher Users...and When
- priority
- defined in UNIX : 39.9. Know When to Be "nice" to OTher Users...and When
- private files/directories
- process groups
: 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- process ID (PID)
- process ID number
- examples : 44.12. Trapping Exits Caused by Interrupts
- process IDs (PIDs)
: 16.16. Picking a Unique Filename Automatically
- process substitution : 9.18. Process Substitution
- processes
- process substitution : 9.18. Process Substitution
- 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- (see also child processes)
- actions caused by signals : 38.8. What Are Signals?
- automatically killing background : 38.17. Automatically Kill Background Processes on Logout in csh
- changing the priority of : 39.11. Changing a Job's Priority Under BSD UNIX
- cleaning up unkillable : 38.15. Cleaning Up an Unkillable Process
- destroying with kill : 38.10. Destroying Processes with kill
- displaying all on the system : 38.13. Interactively Kill Processes Matching a Pattern
- exit status returned by : 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- in the foreground : 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- interactively killing those matching a pattern : 38.13. Interactively Kill Processes Matching a Pattern
- killing : 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- killing all : 38.12. Killing All Your Processes
- managing : 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- modifying the scheduling priority of time-sharing : 39.9. Know When to Be "nice" to OTher Users...and When
- reducing priority of CPU-bound : 39.9. Know When to Be "nice" to OTher Users...and When
- running in the background : 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- stopping : 38.14. Processes Out of Control? Just STOP Them
- (see also child processes)
- 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- processes, spawning
: 38.2. fork and exec
- .profile file
- 2.2.1. Bourne Shell
- 2.2.3. Korn Shell
- 2.8. Identifying Login Shells
- 2.12. Automatic Setups for Different Terminals
- hung terminal and : 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In
- prompt settings : 7.12. External Commands Send Signals to Set Variables
- stty commands in : 5.9. Setting Your Erase, Kill, and Interrupt Characters
- 2.2.3. Korn Shell
- 2.2.1. Bourne Shell
- program environment
- program names
- program's total running time
- components contributing to : 39.5. Why Is the System So Slow?
- programmers, virtues of
: 37.3. Three Great Virtues of a Programmer
- programs
- aborting
: 42.2.5. Aborting Programs
- awf : 43.17. Don't Have nroff? Try gnroff or awf
- ditroff : 43.13. The Text Formatters nroff, troff, ditroff, ...
- enscript : 43.22. Converting Text Files to PostScript
- gnroff : 43.17. Don't Have nroff? Try gnroff or awf
- groff : 43.16. groff
- links to : 45.13. Save Disk Space and Programming: Multiple Names for a Program
- look : 27.18. Fast Searches and Spelling Checks with "look"
- making executable by using # : 45.4. Fun with #!
- nroff : 43.13. The Text Formatters nroff, troff, ditroff, ...
- awf : 43.17. Don't Have nroff? Try gnroff or awf
- psbook
: 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- psnup : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- psselect : 43.23. psselect: Print Some Pages from a PostScript file
- pstops : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- scheduling for periodic execution : 40.12. Periodic Program Execution: The cron Facility
- Scribe : 43.12.3. Scribe
- TeX : 43.12.2. TeX
- time spent running other : 39.5. Why Is the System So Slow?
- timing : 39.2. Timing Programs
- waiting for input : 42.2.3. Program Waiting for Input?
- WYSIWYG programs : 43.12.3. Scribe
- psnup : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- aborting
: 42.2.5. Aborting Programs
- programs pstext
: 43.22. Converting Text Files to PostScript
- programs, timing : 39.2. Timing Programs
- prompt character
- programs, timing : 39.2. Timing Programs
- customizing
: 1.9. Which Shell Am I Running?
- identifying shell : 44.3.5. Bourne Shell Used Here
- customizing
: 1.9. Which Shell Am I Running?
- prompt shell variable
- PROMPT_COMMAND variable
: 7.13. Pre-Prompt Commands in bash
- promptpid variable : 7.12. External Commands Send Signals to Set Variables
- prompts
- promptpid variable : 7.12. External Commands Send Signals to Set Variables
- backspacing over
: 41.5. Why Some Systems Backspace over Prompts
- shell prompts : 7.1. Why Change Your Prompt?
- backspacing over
: 41.5. Why Some Systems Backspace over Prompts
- ps : 39.12.2. The Memory Subsystem
- reporting of network statistics : 39.12.3. The I/O Subsystem
- ps -ag command
: 38.13. Interactively Kill Processes Matching a Pattern
- ps -aux command (BSD UNIX) : 38.5. The ps Command
- ps -ef command (System V)
- ps -aux command (BSD UNIX) : 38.5. The ps Command
- listing produced by : 38.5. The ps Command
- ps command
- 2.16. Approved Shells: Using Unapproved Login Shell
- 38.5. The ps Command
- AIX version of : 38.5. The ps Command
- displaying programs : 42.2.5. Aborting Programs
- example : 1.14. The Kernel and Daemons
- in pipes : 38.5. The ps Command
- listing of command output fields : 38.5. The ps Command
- 38.5. The ps Command
- 2.16. Approved Shells: Using Unapproved Login Shell
- ps commands
- printing commands in parentheses : 38.7. Why ps Prints Some Commands in Parentheses
- .ps filename extension
: 1.17. Filename Extensions
- PS1 environment variable
- PS2 environment variable
- psbook program
: 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- pseudo teletypes (ptys) : 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- pseudo-terminal : 38.6. The Controlling Terminal
- pseudo-terminals (ptys) : 41.8. ptys and Window Systems
- psmerge program : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- psnup program : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- psresize program : 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- psselect program : 43.23. psselect: Print Some Pages from a PostScript file
- pstat : 39.12.2. The Memory Subsystem
- pstext program
- pseudo teletypes (ptys) : 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- pstops program
: 43.24. Other PostScript Utilities
- PSUtils
- psutils
: 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- psychoanalyze-pinhead command : 32.13. An Absurd Amusement
- pty : 38.6. The Controlling Terminal
- ptys (pseudo teletypes) : 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
- ptys (pseudo-terminals) : 41.8. ptys and Window Systems
- ptys command : 41.1. Delving a Little Deeper
- punctuation in filenames : 1.15. Filenames
- purge program : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- pushd comman : 7.11. dirs in Your Prompt: Better than $cwd
- pushd command : 14.14. Automatic Setup When You Enter/Exit a Directory
- psychoanalyze-pinhead command : 32.13. An Absurd Amusement
- aliases for : 14.7. Nice Aliases for pushd
- pushd commannd
: 7.11. dirs in Your Prompt: Better than $cwd
- pushd comnmand : 14.6. The Shells' pushd and popd Commands
- pushin script
- pushd comnmand : 14.6. The Shells' pushd and popd Commands
- pwd command
- PWD environment variable : 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
- Emacs and : 32.9. Unset PWD Before Using Emacs
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