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Index: M

Macintosh text files : 35.11. Hacking on Characters with tr

magic number

45.4. Fun with #!
50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages

magnetic tapes, naming : 20.3.2. What Is the Name of the Tape Drive?

mail program : 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications

sending yourself reminders : 40.11. Send Yourself Reminder Mail

mail shell variable : 6.9. Special C Shell Variables

as array : 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays

mail.base program : 48.10. Working with Names and Addresses

mailboxes, disk space and : 24.2. Save Space with Bit Bucket Log Files and Mailboxes

MAILCHECK environment variable : 21.8.2. For Bourne Shell Users

MAILPATH environment variable : 21.8.2. For Bourne Shell Users

mainindex on PowerTools disk : 50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos

make program

21.9. Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
28.13. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
52.8.2.8. The make Program
errors caused by : 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
printall option : 21.9. Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make

"make: must be a separator on rules line 46" error message : 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages

make_print makefile:(on disc) : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc

makefile utility

21.9. Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
52.8.2.6. An Easy Build
tracking program dependencies : 52.8.2.8. The make Program

makefiles : 28.13. make Isn't Just for Programmers!

man command : 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation

examples : 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation
-k option : 50.2. The apropos Command

-man macros : 50.11. Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros

-man macros (troff) : 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff

manindex script : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc

MANPATH environment variable : 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables

adding : 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff

manual pages

building index for : 50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos

categories : 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation

deleting : 23.19. Deleting (BSD) Manual Pages that Aren't Read

formatting : 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff

MANPATH variable : 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables

searching

50.2. The apropos Command
50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos
50.6. Searching Online Manual Pages

types of : 50.6. Searching Online Manual Pages

writing

50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
50.11. Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros

master password file : 1.23. File Access Permissions

master wordlist, ispell program : 29.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary

match command (awk) : 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands

memory : (see disk space)

menu prompts : 7.7. A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users

metacharacters

8.19. "Special" Characters and Operators
(see regular expressions)
(see wildcard characters)

Microsoft Excel, sc program compared to : 49.8. It's Great to Have a Spreadsheet

mins field in crontab entries : 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling

minus sign : (see - (hyphen))

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) : 1.31. The X Window System

mkdir command

4.8. Making Directories Made Easier
52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
. and .. directory links : 18.4.2. Links to a Directory

mkfifo command : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc

mkfile, working around lack of swap space : 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages

mknod command : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc

.mm filename extension : 1.17. Filename Extensions

mode bits

1.23. File Access Permissions
1.25. Access to Directories

modelines : 30.19. Modelines: Bug or Feature?

modes, access : 4.8. Making Directories Made Easier

modification time, file

16.2. Finding Oldest or Newest Files with ls -t and ls -u
16.5. The Three UNIX File Times
16.9. An Alias to List Recently Changed Files
16.18. Listing Files You've Created/Edited Today
16.25. Listing Files by Age and Size
16.27. newer: Print the Name of the Newest File
17.5. Searching for Old Files
touch command and : 21.7. Setting File Modification Time with touch

modifiers : 26.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions

month in crontab entries : 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling

more utility

9.19. For the Impatient: Type-Ahead
25.3. Using more to Page Through Files
starting : 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
testing with screensize file : 42.6.2. Screen Width and Height: screensize

motd.diff script

2.14. motd.diff: Show New Lines in Login Messages
52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc

mount command

17.22. Finding the Links to a File
52.5.2. Mounting the CD-ROM

move command (ex) : 33.4. Useful ex Commands

moving files

18.2. What's Really in a Directory
21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
(see also copying files; renaming files)

.ms filename extension : 1.17. Filename Extensions

multiline

commands : 9.13. Multiline Commands, Secondary Prompts
quoting : 8.14.4. Multiline Quoting
shell prompts : 7.5. Multiline Shell Prompts

multiple

files, copying or comparing : 18.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files

mailboxes : 21.8.1.1. Multiple Mailboxes

names for one file : 18.3. Files with Two or More Names

redirection destinations

13.9. Send Output Two or More Places with tee
13.11. tpipe-Redirecting stdout to More than One Place

sessions : 22.22.1. Ending or Suspending

shell sessions : 12.9. Running Multiple Shell Sessions with screen

symbolic links, relinking : 18.14. Relinking Multiple Symbolic Links

terminals, writing to : 13.12. Writing to Multiple Terminals for Demonstrations

variables, creating for loops with : 45.17. Making a for Loop with Multiple Variables

multitasking : 12.1. Job Control: Work Faster, Stop Runaway Jobs

munchlist script : 29.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary

mv command

18.2. What's Really in a Directory
18.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
-b option : 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
-i option : 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying

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