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Index: B
- \b, \B metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- b (branch) command, sed editor: 34.20. Making Edits Everywhere Except... (Unix Power Tools)
- 34.20. Making Edits Everywhere Except... (Unix Power Tools)
- b command (sed): 6.4.1. Branching (sed & awk)
- 10.5. Alphabetical Summary of sed Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- b command, (less): 3.2. Looking Inside Files with less (Learning Unix)
- \B escape sequence: 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
- B (move word) command: 2.2.4. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- -b option (vim): 11.2. Important Command-Line Arguments (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.4.1. Initialization for All vim Invocations (Learning the vi Editor)
- \ (backslash): 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
- (see also escape sequences, awk)
- \(\) regular expression metacharacters: 32.13. Regular Expressions: Remembering Patterns with \ (, \ ), and \1 (Unix Power Tools)
- \1, \2, ... metacharacters, recalling remembered patterns: 32.13. Regular Expressions: Remembering Patterns with \ (, \ ), and \1 (Unix Power Tools)
- \{ \} regular expression metacharacters: 32.11. Regular Expressions: Matching a Specific Number of Sets with \ { and \ } (Unix Power Tools)
- 32.20. Valid Metacharacters for Different Unix Programs (Unix Power Tools)
- \! operator (C shell): 29.3. C-Shell Aliases with Command-Line Arguments (Unix Power Tools)
- 29.4. Setting and Unsetting Bourne-Type Aliases (Unix Power Tools)
- \(\) regular expression metacharacters: 32.20. Valid Metacharacters for Different Unix Programs (Unix Power Tools)
- in alias quoting: 29.3. C-Shell Aliases with Command-Line Arguments (Unix Power Tools)
- \<, \> escape sequences: 3.2.11. What's the Word? Part II (sed & awk)
- 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
- \`, \' escape sequences: 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
- character classes and: 3.2.4. Character Classes (sed & awk)
- escaping regular expression delimiters in sed: 34.8. Delimiting a Regular Expression (Unix Power Tools)
- escaping regular expression metacharacters: 32.5. Regular Expressions: The Anchor Characters ^ and $ (Unix Power Tools)
- extended regular expressions and: 32.15. Extended Regular Expressions (Unix Power Tools)
- filename metacharacter: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
- in X Window System resource definitions: 6.3. X Resource Syntax (Unix Power Tools)
- metacharacter: 6.3.1. Search Patterns (Unix in a Nutshell)
- multiline pipes in C shell scripts: 35.19. Shell Script "Wrappers" for awk, sed, etc. (Unix Power Tools)
- multiple-line statements in Python: 42.3.1. Indentation (Unix Power Tools)
- before newline, shell quoting and: 27.12.4. Multiline Quoting (Unix Power Tools)
- 27.13.2. How Quoting Works (Unix Power Tools)
- Perl variables, preventing interpolation in: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy (Unix Power Tools)
- in prompt settings: 4.15. External Commands Send Signals to Set Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- quoting in csh: 5.2.3. Quoting (Unix in a Nutshell)
- quoting in sh and ksh: 4.2.3. Quoting (Unix in a Nutshell)
- quoting newlines in sed: 34.24. sed Newlines, Quoting, and Backslashes in a Shell Script (Unix Power Tools)
- regular expression metacharacters
- in replacement text: 5.3. Substitution (sed & awk)
- 5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters (sed & awk)
- in shell quoting: 27.12. Bourne Shell Quoting (Unix Power Tools)
- shell, terminal and program quoting, conflicts in: 27.18. How Many Backslashes? (Unix Power Tools)
- background color: 8.6.2. Configuring It (Unix Power Tools)
- background jobs: 1.8. Background Jobs (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 4.1. Shell Scripts and Functions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.2.2. Suspending a Job (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
- bringing into foreground with fg command: 23.2.2. Using Job Control from Your Shell (Unix Power Tools)
- creating: 8.2. Job Control (Learning the Korn Shell)
- killing: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- listing with their job numbers: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- notification of state change in: 23.8. Notification When Jobs Change State (Unix Power Tools)
- process IDs and: 8.4.2. Process ID Variables and Temporary Files (Learning the Korn Shell)
- putting into foreground: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- saving standard output and error of: 7.1.3. File Descriptors (Learning the Korn Shell)
- suspending with stop command: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- ways to refer to: 8.2.1. Foreground and Background (Learning the Korn Shell)
- with two-way pipes: 8.5.4. Coroutines with Two-Way Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
- background processes: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 1.10. The Kernel and Daemons (Unix Power Tools)
- 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
- exit status, testing with if statement: 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- exit status of: 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- listing with jobs command: 23.2.2. Using Job Control from Your Shell (Unix Power Tools)
- output from, stopping: 23.9. Stop Background Output with stty tostop (Unix Power Tools)
- overloading system with: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control (Unix Power Tools)
- preventing continuation after logout: 24.14. Killing All Your Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- running at lower priority with nice command: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control (Unix Power Tools)
- shell capabilities for manipulating: 23.2.2. Using Job Control from Your Shell (Unix Power Tools)
- stopping automatically upon attempt to write to screen: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- watching: 25.9. Waiting a Little While: sleep (Unix Power Tools)
- background processing: 7. Multitasking (Learning Unix)
- backquote (`)
- `` (move to mark) command: 3.4.1. The G (Go To) Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- 4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
- 3.4.1. The G (Go To) Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- 4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
- marking characters (vile): 12.8.7. Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor)
- 12.8.7. Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor)
- move to mark command: 4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
- 4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
- backquotes (see `, under Symbols)
- backreferences (see numbered replacement strings)
- 5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters (sed & awk)
- backslash ( \ ) metacharacter: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
- \1, \2, ... metacharacters: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \< \> metacharacters: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- \@ metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \b metacharacter: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \{...} metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \d, \D metacharacters: 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \E metacharacter: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
- \= metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \f, \F metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \i, \I metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \k, \K metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \n metacharacter: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \p, \P metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \(...\) metacharacters: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \+ metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \? metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \r metacharacter: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \s, \S metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \t metacharacter: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \U and \L metacharacters: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
- \| metacharacter: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- \w, \W metacharacters: 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- backslash (\) (see \ (backslash) metacharacter)
- 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
- 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- as command: 2.4.6. Filename and Variable Completion and Expansion (Learning the Korn Shell)
- \<, \> escape sequences: 3.2.11. What's the Word? Part II (sed & awk)
- 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
- \`, \' escape sequences: 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
- character classes and: 3.2.4. Character Classes (sed & awk)
- as metacharacter: 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
- 3.2.1. The Ubiquitous Backslash (sed & awk)
- in replacement text: 5.3. Substitution (sed & awk)
- 5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters (sed & awk)
- backslash-escaping: 1.9.2. Backslash-Escaping (Learning the Korn Shell)
- BACKSPACE key: 1.1.8. Correcting a Command Line (Learning Unix)
- 5.8. Setting Your Erase, Kill, and Interrupt Characters (Unix Power Tools)
- deleting in insert mode: 2.1. vi Commands (Learning the vi Editor)
- Emacs editor: 19.1. Emacs: The Other Editor (Unix Power Tools)
- erase character: 37.8. Cleaning script Files (Unix Power Tools)
- location for: 3.18. A .cshrc.$HOST File for Per Host Setup (Unix Power Tools)
- moving with: 2.2.1. Single Movements (Learning the vi Editor)
- backup files
- bkedit script: 35.13. Test Exit Status with the if Statement (Unix Power Tools)
- Emacs: 1.12. Filename Extensions (Unix Power Tools)
- file ownership and: 50.3. Who Will Own a New File? (Unix Power Tools)
- ispell program: 16.2. Check Spelling Interactively with ispell (Unix Power Tools)
- macro for creation in vi editor: 18.14. File-Backup Macros (Unix Power Tools)
- backup option (xrdb): 6.8. Setting Resources with xrdb (Unix Power Tools)
- backups: 38.1. What Is This "Backup" Thing? (Unix Power Tools)
- compression, advantages and disadvantages of: 38.5.4. To gzip, or Not to gzip? (Unix Power Tools)
- cpio tape archiver: 38.13. The cpio Tape Archiver (Unix Power Tools)
- excluding files from: 38.9. On-Demand Incremental Backups of a Project (Unix Power Tools)
- GNU tar, using with remote tape drive: 38.8. Using GNU tar with a Remote Tape Drive (Unix Power Tools)
- incremental: 38.9. On-Demand Incremental Backups of a Project (Unix Power Tools)
- industrial strength: 38.14. Industrial Strength Backups (Unix Power Tools)
- making to a local device: 38.5. How to Make Backups to a Local Device (Unix Power Tools)
- making your own: 38.3. Make Your Own Backups (Unix Power Tools)
- protecting against accidental file deletions: 14.4. Tricks for Making rm Safer (Unix Power Tools)
- RCS and CVS: 39.4. Managing and Sharing Files with RCS and CVS (Unix Power Tools)
- to remote tape drive using tar: 38.7. Using tar to a Remote Tape Drive (Unix Power Tools)
- restoring files from tape with tar: 38.6. Restoring Files from Tape with tar (Unix Power Tools)
- tar utility: 38.2. tar in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- absolute pathnames, avoiding: 38.11. Avoid Absolute Paths with tar (Unix Power Tools)
- avoiding absolute pathnames: 38.11. Avoid Absolute Paths with tar (Unix Power Tools)
- options for: 38.4. More Ways to Back Up (Unix Power Tools)
- tar command line arguments, order of: 38.12. Getting tar's Arguments in the Right Order (Unix Power Tools)
- wildcards, using: 38.10. Using Wildcards with tar (Unix Power Tools)
- utilities for: 38.5.4. To gzip, or Not to gzip? (Unix Power Tools)
- versions control systems, using: 38.4. More Ways to Back Up (Unix Power Tools)
- backward searching: 3.3. Movement by Searches (Learning the vi Editor)
- "Bad file number" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- "Bad termpcap entry" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- ! (bang)
- ex command: 9.2. Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- filename metacharacter: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
- negation in sed: 10.3.1. Pattern Addressing (Unix in a Nutshell)
- negation operator: 4.4.1. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 5.4.1.3. Bitwise and logical operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- bang= inequality operator: 4.4.1. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 5.4.1.4. Comparison operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- =~ string inequality: 5.4.1.4. Comparison operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 11.5. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- bang (!) (see exclamation point)
- banner command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- barewords used as hash keys: 41.5.3. Hashes (Unix Power Tools)
- base64 encoding: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding (Unix Power Tools)
- basename command: 4.5.3. Pattern-Matching Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- (see also dirname command)
- basename program: 36.13. Using basename and dirname (Unix Power Tools)
- bash (Bourne-again shell): 1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- 1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- 27.1. What the Shell Does (Unix Power Tools)
- { } (pattern-expansion characters): 28.4. Build Strings with { } (Unix Power Tools)
- aliases: 29.2. Introduction to Shell Aliases (Unix Power Tools)
- 29.4. Setting and Unsetting Bourne-Type Aliases (Unix Power Tools)
- arrays
- bash2, built-in kill command: 24.15. Killing Processes by Name? (Unix Power Tools)
- BASH_ENV variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- .bashrc file: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
- .bashrc or .bash_profile, hung terminals and: 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In (Unix Power Tools)
- case statements: 3.10. Automatic Setups for Different Terminals (Unix Power Tools)
- choosing built-in, external, or shell functions: 27.9. Which One Will bash Use? (Unix Power Tools)
- command history (see history of commands)
- command-line editing: 30.14.5. bash Editing (Unix Power Tools)
- completion features: 28.6. Automatic Completion (Unix Power Tools)
- disown command: 23.11. Disowning Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- dynamic prompts, simulating: 4.4. Simulating Dynamic Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- editing history substitutions: 28.5. String Editing (Colon) Operators (Unix Power Tools)
- environment variables for shell functions, changing: 29.12. Shell Function Specifics (Unix Power Tools)
- environment variables, unsetting: 35.3. What Environment Variables Are Good For (Unix Power Tools)
- exit status of command line, reversing: 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- exporting shell functions: 29.13.1. Exporting bash Functions (Unix Power Tools)
- fc -l command, listing previous commands with: 30.7. History by Number (Unix Power Tools)
- forcing to use internal exit command: 3.8. Setup Files Aren't Read When You Want? (Unix Power Tools)
- globbing (wildcard expansion), preventing: 33.2. Filename Wildcards in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- hash command: 27.6. Controlling Shell Command Searches (Unix Power Tools)
- history -r command, cautions about: 30.7. History by Number (Unix Power Tools)
- history file: 30.12.1. bash, ksh, zsh (Unix Power Tools)
- ignoreeof variable: 4.19. Stop Accidental Bourne-Shell Logouts (Unix Power Tools)
- job control commands: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- limiting file size: 15.5.1. limit and ulimit (Unix Power Tools)
- loading changed PATH: 27.6. Controlling Shell Command Searches (Unix Power Tools)
- login and nonlogin, startup files: 3.4.1. Login Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- logout file, running commands when logging out: 4.17. Running Commands When You Log Out (Unix Power Tools)
- octal character strings: 4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- parameter expansion shortcuts: 37.5. Quoting and Command-Line Parameters (Unix Power Tools)
- passing command history to: 30.13. Pass History to Another Shell (Unix Power Tools)
- pre-prompt commands: 4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- 4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- process substitution: 28.1. What's Special About the Unix Command Line (Unix Power Tools)
- prompts: 4.2. Static Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- $ in: 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running? (Unix Power Tools)
- newline (\n) character in: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- nonprinting escape characters: 4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- showing directory stack: 4.14. dirs in Your Prompt: Better Than $cwd (Unix Power Tools)
- subshell level, showing: 4.12. Show Subshell Level with $SHLVL (Unix Power Tools)
- read-only functions: 29.12. Shell Function Specifics (Unix Power Tools)
- redirecting standard I/O: 43.1. Using Standard Input and Output (Unix Power Tools)
- scripts in this book: 27.3.5. Bourne Shell Used Here (Unix Power Tools)
- SHLVL environment variable: 4.12. Show Subshell Level with $SHLVL (Unix Power Tools)
- showargs script: 27.5. Output Command-Line Arguments One by One (Unix Power Tools)
- special characters/operators: 27.17. "Special" Characters and Operators (Unix Power Tools)
- string editing operators: 36.7. Parameter Substitution (Unix Power Tools)
- stty tostop command, background jobs writing to terminal: 23.9. Stop Background Output with stty tostop (Unix Power Tools)
- terminal port type, putting into ttykind shell variable: 3.15. Terminal Setup: Searching Terminal Table (Unix Power Tools)
- ulimit -c command, removing limits on core dumps: 15.5.1. limit and ulimit (Unix Power Tools)
- wildcards, failing to match: 33.4. What if a Wildcard Doesn't Match? (Unix Power Tools)
- bash shell: 1.4. Getting the 1993 Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- A.7. bash (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 1.1.3. The Unix Shell (Learning Unix)
- 1.1. Mac OS X Shells (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- BASH_ENV environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- .bash_login file: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
- .bash_profile file: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
- .bashrc file
- basic regular expressions (BREs): 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
- batch command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- batch editing: 20.1. Why Line Editors Aren't Dinosaurs (Unix Power Tools)
- awk utility: 20.10. Quick Reference: awk (Unix Power Tools)
- changing many files by editing one: 20.6. Change Many Files by Editing Just One (Unix Power Tools)
- ed editor
- ex editor
- line addressing: 20.3. Line Addressing (Unix Power Tools)
- patch program: 20.9. patch: Generalized Updating of Files That Differ (Unix Power Tools)
- running scripts in vi: 20.5. Running Editing Scripts Within vi (Unix Power Tools)
- scripts, writing: 20.2. Writing Editing Scripts (Unix Power Tools)
- batch execution
- immediate: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- printing queued jobs: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- removing queued jobs: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- at specified date/time: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- bc command: 8.5.4. Coroutines with Two-Way Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- bdiff command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- beep mode (see command mode)
- BEGIN and END patterns, awk: 20.10.2.1. Patterns (Unix Power Tools)
- BEGIN pattern: 7.2. Hello, World (sed & awk)
- BEGIN procedure: 11.1.6. Control Flow (sed & awk)
- BEGINFILE procedure (tawk): 11.3.2.1. Tawk language extensions (sed & awk)
- beginning
- behead script: 21.5. Remove Mail/News Headers with behead (Unix Power Tools)
- 21.12.2. MIME Encoding (Unix Power Tools)
- Bell Laboratories: 1.3.1. The Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- Bell Labs awk: 11.2.2. Bell Labs awk (sed & awk)
- Bell Labs research operating system (Plan 9): 1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- Berkeley-based Unix
- ex, vi, view, edit commands, linked to same executable file: 36.8. Save Disk Space and Programming: Multiple Names for a Program (Unix Power Tools)
- group file ownership: 50.2.2. Which Group is Which? (Unix Power Tools)
- printing commands: 45.2.1. lpr-Style Printing Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- tr command, ranges in: 21.11. Hacking on Characters with tr (Unix Power Tools)
- Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (bind): 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS) (Unix Power Tools)
- bfs command: B.2. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- bg command: 8.2.2. Suspending a Job (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 7.1. Running a Command in the Background (Learning Unix)
- 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 5.8. Built-in C Shell Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- 23.2.2. Using Job Control from Your Shell (Unix Power Tools)
- putting jobs in background: 5.6.3. Program Waiting for Input? (Unix Power Tools)
- :bg (hide window) command (nvi): 9.5. Multiwindow Editing (Learning the vi Editor)
- bgnice option: 3.3. Options (Learning the Korn Shell)
- bgnice option (ksh): 24.20. The Process Chain to Your Window (Unix Power Tools)
- bg_nice option (zsh): 24.20. The Process Chain to Your Window (Unix Power Tools)
- bibliographic references, preprocessing: 17.4. refer (Unix in a Nutshell)
- biff command: 3.4.2.2. Mail variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- bin directory: 3.1.3. The Directory Tree (Learning Unix)
- binary characters, inserting into Emacs files: 19.10. Inserting Binary Characters into Files (Unix Power Tools)
- binary command (FTP): 6.4.2.1. Command-line ftp (Learning Unix)
- binary data, editing: 8.6.2. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
- elvis editor: 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
- nvi editor: 9.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
- vile editor: 12.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
- vim editor: 11.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
- binary files
- accessible by users in /usr/bin subdirectory: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
- archiving system test file: 38.10.3. Wildcard Gotchas in GNU tar (Unix Power Tools)
- encoding into ASCII: 21.12. Encoding "Binary" Files into ASCII (Unix Power Tools)
- executables, access time updates: 14.17. Deleting Stale Files (Unix Power Tools)
- searching for words in: 13.15. Finding Words Inside Binary Files (Unix Power Tools)
- system, in /sbin directory: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
- binary option (elvis): 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
- /bin/bsh: 10.1. Installing the Korn Shell as the Standard Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- /bin/csh: 1.1. Mac OS X Shells (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- bind (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon): 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS) (Unix Power Tools)
- bind command: 30.14.4. ksh Editing (Unix Power Tools)
- :bind-key command: 12.10.1. The vile Editing Model (Learning the vi Editor)
- binding operator (=~): 41.7. Perl Boot Camp, Part 4: Pattern Matching (Unix Power Tools)
- /bindirectory: 7.4. A bin Directory for Your Programs and Scripts (Unix Power Tools)
- 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
- 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
- /bin/passwd, automating: 28.18.2. Automating /bin/passwd (Unix Power Tools)
- programs in: 1.9. Internal and External Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- remote shell (rsh): 6.10.2. Starting a Remote Client with rsh and ssh (Unix Power Tools)
- bindkey command: 1.5.4. Additional Shell Commands (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- /bin/sh: 10.1. Installing the Korn Shell as the Standard Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 1.1. Mac OS X Shells (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- bison command: 1.6.1. Standard Unix Development Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- bit bucket: 15.3. Save Space with "Bit Bucket" Log Files and Mailboxes (Unix Power Tools)
- BITFTP: 0.. BITFTP (sed & awk)
- bitmaps: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- bitwise operators: 6.2. Numeric Variables and Arithmetic (Learning the Korn Shell)
- bitwise operators (csh): 5.4.1.3. Bitwise and logical operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- bitwise or (|) operator: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy (Unix Power Tools)
- bkedit script: 35.13. Test Exit Status with the if Statement (Unix Power Tools)
- blank character class: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
- blank lines, squashing extras: 12.7. Squash Extra Blank Lines (Unix Power Tools)
- blank shell prompts: 4.13. What Good Is a Blank Shell Prompt? (Unix Power Tools)
- bless tool: 1.6.3. Macintosh Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- blinktime option (elvis): 10.6.4. Options (Learning the vi Editor)
- block cursors: 2.4.2. Using a Mouse with xterm Windows (Learning Unix)
- "Block device required" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- block size (characters): 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- "Block special file" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- block (visual) mode: 8.6.6. Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor)
- blocks
- of bytes, counting with tail -b command: 12.9. Finer Control on tail (Unix Power Tools)
- of code, defining in Python: 42.3.1. Indentation (Unix Power Tools)
- of text, defining with patterns: 17.13. Moving Blocks of Text by Patterns (Unix Power Tools)
- of related options in smb.conf files: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba (Unix Power Tools)
- blocks, measuring total n, (ls -l): 3.1.8. Listing Files with ls (Learning Unix)
- blocks of code (see code blocks)
- blocks of text: 6.3.3. Building Blocks of Text (sed & awk)
- body of email, forming properly: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding (Unix Power Tools)
- bold text: 5.18.1. VT Fonts Menu (Unix Power Tools)
- 8.6.1. Trying It (Unix Power Tools)
- bookmarks, placing: 4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
- Boolean operators: 41.5.1. Scalars (Unix Power Tools)
- Boolean operators, awk: 7.8. Relational and Boolean Operators (sed & awk)
- boot -v command: 44.2. Reading Kernel Boot Output (Unix Power Tools)
- boot-time behavior: 8.3.2. nvram (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- /bootdirectory: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
- booting
- BootX loader: 2. Startup (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- Bostic, Keith: 9.1. Author and History (Learning the vi Editor)
- bottom-line commands: 1. The vi Text Editor (Learning the vi Editor)
- boundary-checking versions of C functions: 48.4. What We Mean by Buffer Overflow (Unix Power Tools)
- Bourne (sh) shell: 1.1.3. The Unix Shell (Learning Unix)
- Bourne shell (see sh)
- 1.3.1. The Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 1.3.2. Features of the Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 1.4. Getting the 1993 Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 2. Command-Line Editing (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 3.3. Options (Learning the Korn Shell)
- A.1. The Bourne Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 1.1. Mac OS X Shells (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- 27.1. What the Shell Does (Unix Power Tools)
- 27.3.3. Types of Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- (see also bash; ksh; sh; zsh)
- command substitution and: 4.6. Command Substitution (Learning the Korn Shell)
- functions and: 4.1.1. Functions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- installing Korn shell as: 10.1. Installing the Korn Shell as the Standard Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- newlines in prompts: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- profile file: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
- scripts in this book, running on: 27.3.5. Bourne Shell Used Here (Unix Power Tools)
- types of: 27.3.3. Types of Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- Bourne, Stephen: 1.3. History of Unix Shells (Learning the Korn Shell)
- brace expansion: 7.3.2. Substitution Order (Learning the Korn Shell)
- braces ({}) A.2.1. Pattern Addressing (sed & awk)
- in awk: 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed (sed & awk)
- 2.4.1. Running awk (sed & awk)
- 8.1. Conditional Statements (sed & awk)
- 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed (sed & awk)
- 2.4.1. Running awk (sed & awk)
- 8.1. Conditional Statements (sed & awk)
- \{\} metacharacters: 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
- 3.2.8. A Span of Characters (sed & awk)
- 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
- 3.2.8. A Span of Characters (sed & awk)
- \{...} metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- { (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- } (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- [{, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- finding and matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- 7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- grouping sed commands in: 4.2.1. Grouping Commands (sed & awk)
- 5.1. About the Syntax of sed Commands (sed & awk)
- 4.2.1. Grouping Commands (sed & awk)
- 5.1. About the Syntax of sed Commands (sed & awk)
- groups of commands: 4.2.4. Command Forms (Unix in a Nutshell)
- metacharacter: 6.3.1. Search Patterns (Unix in a Nutshell)
- metacharacters: 8.4. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 9.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 8.4. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 9.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- [] (brackets) metacharacters: 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
- 3.2.4. Character Classes (sed & awk)
- [::] metacharacters: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
- [..] metacharacters: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
- [==] metacharacters: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
- bracket ([]) as wildcards: 4.2. File and Directory Wildcards (Learning Unix)
- bracket expressions: 3.2.4. Character Classes (sed & awk)
- bracket expressions, POSIX: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- brackets ([]) 4.5.2.3. Korn shell versus awk/egrep regular expressions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- [*, ]* (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- [}, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- [{, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- [[, ]] (move cursor) commands: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- [: :] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- [^D, ]^D (file search) commands (vim): 11.10.2.2. Include file searching (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.10.2.2. Include file searching (Learning the vi Editor)
- [. .] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- [= =] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- [I, ]I (file search) commands (vim): 11.10.2.2. Include file searching (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.10.2.2. Include file searching (Learning the vi Editor)
- [(, ]) (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- [#, ]# (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- [/, ]/ (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- [[ ]] command (ksh): 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
- [[...]] for comparison tests: 5.1.4. Condition Tests (Learning the Korn Shell)
- filename metacharacter: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
- matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- metacharacters: 6.3.1. Search Patterns (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- branch (b) command, sed editor: 34.20. Making Edits Everywhere Except... (Unix Power Tools)
- 34.20. Making Edits Everywhere Except... (Unix Power Tools)
- branch command (see b command (sed))
- branching: 6.4.1. Branching (sed & awk)
- branching commands (sed): 10.4.5. Branching Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- break command: 31.6. Loop Control: break and continue (Unix Power Tools)
- break command (awk): 11.10. Alphabetical Summary of Functions and Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- break command (csh): 5.8. Built-in C Shell Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- break command (sh, ksh): 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
- break statement: 5.4. select (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.3. Other Statements That Affect Flow Control (sed & awk)
- breaking lines: 11.2.3.3. Line continuation (sed & awk)
- breakpoints: 9.2.3.3. Breakpoints (Learning the Korn Shell)
- breaksw command: 5.8. Built-in C Shell Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- BREs (basic regular expressions): 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
- broken links: 10.5. Creating and Removing Links (Unix Power Tools)
- :browse command: 10.11. elvis Futures (Learning the vi Editor)
- browseable option (smb.conf): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba (Unix Power Tools)
- browsers
- closing window by killing its processes: 24.22.2. Example #2: A Web Browser (Unix Power Tools)
- for Samba: 47.4. SWAT and GUI SMB Browsers (Unix Power Tools)
- SMB network: 47.4. SWAT and GUI SMB Browsers (Unix Power Tools)
- text copied from, reformatting: 5.21. Tips for Copy and Paste Between Windows (Unix Power Tools)
- browsers, using graphical filesystems: 3.4. Graphical Filesystem Browsers (Learning Unix)
- bs values (lptype option): 10.10.1. Display Modes (Learning the vi Editor)
- BSD: 1. Korn Shell Basics (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 1.3. History of Unix Shells (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 2.4. Vi Editing Mode (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 2. Startup (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- configuration files for: 3.3. Configuring Directory Services (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- flat files and: 3.3. Configuring Directory Services (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pr -n and: 9.2.3.3. Breakpoints (Learning the Korn Shell)
- ps command and: 8.3.3.2. BSD (Learning the Korn Shell)
- BSD Compatibility Package: 1.1. Merging the Traditions (Unix in a Nutshell)
- BSD-derived system: 1.5. Guide for Users of BSD-Derived Systems (Unix in a Nutshell)
- BSD Unix
- file ownership: 50.14. Why Can't You Change File Ownership? (Unix Power Tools)
- Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, support of: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
- group membership: 49.6. Groups and Group Ownership (Unix Power Tools)
- make utility, versions of: 40.3. Which make? (Unix Power Tools)
- nice command: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To (Unix Power Tools)
- ps -a command: 24.7.2. BSD (Unix Power Tools)
- ps -aux command: 24.5. The ps Command (Unix Power Tools)
- ps ax command: 24.7.2. BSD (Unix Power Tools)
- renice command: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To (Unix Power Tools)
- 26.7. Changing a Running Job's Niceness (Unix Power Tools)
- signals: 24.10. What Are Signals? (Unix Power Tools)
- user/group infrastructure: 49.1. Unix User/Group Infrastructure (Unix Power Tools)
- bsplit utility: 21.9. Splitting Files at Fixed Points: split (Unix Power Tools)
- Buettner, Kevin: 12. vile—vi Like Emacs (Learning the vi Editor)
- bufdisplay option (elvis): 10.10.1. Display Modes (Learning the vi Editor)
- buffer, hold buffer (metacharacters): 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- buffer overflow, security vulnerability: 48.4. What We Mean by Buffer Overflow (Unix Power Tools)
- buffers: 1.1. Opening and Closing Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- 4.3. Making Use of Buffers (Learning the vi Editor)
- autowrite and autosave options: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer (Learning the vi Editor)
- commands (see command-line history)
- commands for (summary): 4.6. Review of vi Buffer and Marking Commands (Learning the vi Editor)
- copying file contents into: 5.4. Copying a File into Another File (Learning the vi Editor)
- edited, saving as files in vi: 17.10. Keep Your Original File, Write to a New File (Unix Power Tools)
- executing contents of: 7.3.10. @-Functions (Learning the vi Editor)
- hold buffer (metacharacters): 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- hold space in sed: 34.14. Hold Space: The Set-Aside Buffer (Unix Power Tools)
- multiwindow editing and: 8.2. Multiwindow Editing (Learning the vi Editor)
- named buffers: 2.3.7. Copying Text (Learning the vi Editor)
- 4.3. Making Use of Buffers (Learning the vi Editor)
- 4.3.2. Yanking to Named Buffers (Learning the vi Editor)
- 5.5.5. Edits Between Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- arbitrarily naming (nvi): 9.10. Interesting Features (Learning the vi Editor)
- numbered buffers for deletions/yanks: 2.3.6. Moving Text (Learning the vi Editor)
- 4.3. Making Use of Buffers (Learning the vi Editor)
- numbered, recovering vi editor deletions in: 17.7. Get Back What You Deleted with Numbered Buffers (Unix Power Tools)
- pattern space in sed: 34.14. Hold Space: The Set-Aside Buffer (Unix Power Tools)
- pipes, buffering of output: 43.8. Send Output Two or More Places (Unix Power Tools)
- preserving manually: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer (Learning the vi Editor)
- recovered with vi -r, cautions about: 17.20. Be Careful with vi -r Recovered Buffers (Unix Power Tools)
- recovering after system failure: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer (Learning the vi Editor)
- renaming (ex): 5.3.1. Renaming the Buffer (Learning the vi Editor)
- vi editor, using to copy and move text: 17.6. Using Buffers to Move or Copy Text (Unix Power Tools)
- buffers (emacs) commands for: 7.2.9. Buffer-Manipulation Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- buffers, flushing: 11.2.1.3. Flushing buffered output (sed & awk)
- build type: 4.2.2. Host Type (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- buildhash script: 16.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary (Unix Power Tools)
- BuildStrings tool: 1.6.2. Apple's Command-line Developer Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- built-in calculator, elvis: 10.10. Interesting Features (Learning the vi Editor)
- built-in commands: 27.9. Which One Will bash Use? (Unix Power Tools)
- 27.9. Which One Will bash Use? (Unix Power Tools)
- builtin command, forcing use with: 27.9. Which One Will bash Use? (Unix Power Tools)
- C shell, determining whether to use: 27.10. Which One Will the C Shell Use? (Unix Power Tools)
- faster prompt setting with: 4.6. Faster Prompt Setting with Built-ins (Unix Power Tools)
- help for: 1.5.2. Built-in Help (Learning the Korn Shell)
- in command-line processing: 7.3.2. Substitution Order (Learning the Korn Shell)
- list of: B.2. Built-in Commands and Keywords (Learning the Korn Shell)
- order of precedence in command lookup: 4.1.1. Functions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- restricted shell and: 10.4.2. Restricted Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- shells: 1.9. Internal and External Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- built-in functions
- built-in shell variables
- built-in variables: 3.4. Shell Variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 3.4.2. Built-in Variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 7.7. System Variables (sed & awk)
- 11.1.11. Built-In Variables (sed & awk)
- built-in variables, awk: 11.4. Built-in Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
- builtin command: 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
- -bundle option: 5.3. Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- bundles: 5.3. Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- bundling commands: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- bundling software packages: 1.2. Bundling (Unix in a Nutshell)
- bunzip2 file decompression program: 15.6. Compressing Files to Save Space (Unix Power Tools)
- button presses
- byte order, converting with dd: 21.13. Text Conversion with dd (Unix Power Tools)
- bytes, endian order of: 4.3. Architectural Issues (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- bzip2 utility: 15.6. Compressing Files to Save Space (Unix Power Tools)
- 38.4. More Ways to Back Up (Unix Power Tools)
- 38.5.4. To gzip, or Not to gzip? (Unix Power Tools)
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