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Index: P
- P command (sed): 6.1.3. Multiline Print (sed & awk)
- :p command (less): 3.2. Looking Inside Files with less (Learning Unix)
- .p file extension: 5.1. Header Files (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- p flag: 5.3. Substitution (sed & awk)
- 5.3. Substitution (sed & awk)
- :p operator: 30.11. Check Your History First with :p (Unix Power Tools)
- -p option
- to jobs command: 8.2.1. Foreground and Background (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.3.2. kill (Learning the Korn Shell)
- to print command: 7.2.1.2. Options to print (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.5.4. Coroutines with Two-Way Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.5.5. Two-Way Pipes Versus Standard Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
- to read command: 7.2.3.5. Options to read (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.5.4. Coroutines with Two-Way Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.5.5. Two-Way Pipes Versus Standard Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
- to ulimit command: 10.2.2. ulimit (Learning the Korn Shell)
- to whence command: 4.6. Command Substitution (Learning the Korn Shell)
- -p (parents) option (mkdir command): 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier (Unix Power Tools)
- \p, \P metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- :p (print) command (ex): 5.1. ex Commands (Learning the vi Editor)
- p (print) command, sed editor: 34.17. The Deliberate Scrivener (Unix Power Tools)
- p (put) command: 2.3. Simple Edits (Learning the vi Editor)
- 2.3.5.4. Problems with deletions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 2.3.6. Moving Text (Learning the vi Editor)
- with 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)
- :p (put) command (ex): 5.5.5. Edits Between Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- pack command: B.2. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PackageMaker tool: 6.4. Packaging Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 6.4.1. Using PackageMaker (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- packages
- packaging tools: 6.4. Packaging Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- packed file extension: 1.12. Filename Extensions (Unix Power Tools)
- packed files, displaying: B.2. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- packets: 46.1.1. Internet Protocol (IP) (Unix Power Tools)
- packing files (see archives compression)
- page command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- (see also more command)
- page description languages: 45.14. Printing Languages — PostScript, PCL, DVI, PDF (Unix Power Tools)
- page faults, sc_usage utility for displaying: 8.1.4. sc_usage (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- page size for printing: 45.7. Formatting Plain Text: enscript (Unix Power Tools)
- PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN keys, mapping: 7.3.8. Mapping Other Special Keys (Learning the vi Editor)
- PAGER environment variable: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- pager programs, more, displaying sed output: 34.4.1. checksed (Unix Power Tools)
- pagers: 12.3. "less" is More (Unix Power Tools)
- pagers, choosing between virtual desktops: 2.6.2. Pagers and Virtual Desktops (Learning Unix)
- pagers, piping shell loop output to: 2.4. Searching Online Manual Pages (Unix Power Tools)
- pagination, nroff/troff requests for: 12.5.12. Pagination (Unix in a Nutshell)
- paging files: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- paircheck script: 16.8. Looking for Closure (Unix Power Tools)
- paired item checking: 16.8. Looking for Closure (Unix Power Tools)
- PalmOS, terminal emulators on: 5.2. The Idea of a Terminal Database (Unix Power Tools)
- PAM API: 3.2.1. Working with Passwords (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules): 51.5. General and Authentication Problems (Unix Power Tools)
- pana values (lptype option): 10.10.1. Display Modes (Learning the vi Editor)
- panels for window managers: 2.6.1. Panel (Learning Unix)
- paragraphs
- paragraphs, emacs commands for: 7.2.4. Paragraphs and Regions (Unix in a Nutshell)
- paragraphs, preserving with fmt: 21.2. Neatening Text with fmt (Unix Power Tools)
- parallelizing shell scripts: 8.5.3. Parallelization (Learning the Korn Shell)
- parameter expansion
- parameter substitution: 7.1.1. Here-Documents (Learning the Korn Shell)
- parameters (see arguments)
- parameters, command-line (see command-line arguments)
- parameters, function: 9.3. Writing Your Own Functions (sed & awk)
- 9.3. Writing Your Own Functions (sed & awk)
- parameters, positional (see positional parameters)
- parameters, script: 7.10. Passing Parameters Into a Script (sed & awk)
- parentheses ( ) : 2.2.1. Scripting (sed & awk)
- 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
- 3.2.10. Grouping Operations (sed & awk)
- \(...\) 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)
- [(, ]) (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- finding and removing: 7.3.5. More Examples of Mapping Keys (Learning the vi Editor)
- as grouping metacharacter: 8.4. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 9.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- ( (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- ) (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- with replacing text: 5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters (sed & awk)
- parent-child relationships
- parent directories, using .. shortcuts: 3.1.5.2. Relative pathnames up (Learning Unix)
- 3.1.8. Listing Files with ls (Learning Unix)
- 4.4.2.1. cp (Learning Unix)
- parent directory: 1.16. Making Pathnames (Unix Power Tools)
- parent process: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
- parent process ID (PPID): 8.4.2. Process ID Variables and Temporary Files (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 24.19. Why You Can't Kill a Zombie (Unix Power Tools)
- parentheses ( ) for grouping commands: 4.2.4. Command Forms (Unix in a Nutshell)
- parentheses ( ): 2.2.1. Scripting (sed & awk)
- 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
- 3.2.10. Grouping Operations (sed & awk)
- \(...\) 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)
- [(, ]) (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- enclosing arithmetic expressions: 6.2. Numeric Variables and Arithmetic (Learning the Korn Shell)
- finding and removing: 7.3.5. More Examples of Mapping Keys (Learning the vi Editor)
- ((...)) for arithmetic expressions: 6.2.2. Arithmetic Conditionals (Learning the Korn Shell)
- for subshells: 5.1.4.3. File attribute checking (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.6.2. Subshells (Learning the Korn Shell)
- as grouping metacharacter: 8.4. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- 9.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- grouping condition tests: 5.1.4.3. File attribute checking (Learning the Korn Shell)
- matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- ( (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- ) (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
- with replacing text: 5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters (sed & awk)
- parsing: 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed (sed & awk)
- command-line: 27.7. Wildcards Inside Aliases (Unix Power Tools)
- command-line arguments: 35.24. Standard Command-Line Parsing (Unix Power Tools)
- 35.25.2. Setting (and Parsing) Parameters (Unix Power Tools)
- 35.25.4. Watch Your Quoting (Unix Power Tools)
- HTML, Python module for: 42.4. Python and the Web (Unix Power Tools)
- 42.7. htmllib and HTMLParser (Unix Power Tools)
- referencing fields: 2.4.1. Running awk (sed & awk)
- 7.5.1. Referencing and Separating Fields (sed & awk)
- strings into array elements: 8.4.4. Using split( ) to Create Arrays (sed & awk)
- 11.2.1.2. Obtaining individual characters (sed & awk)
- strings using sed editor: 36.23.4. Using sed (Unix Power Tools)
- strings with set command: 36.23.3. Using set and IFS (Unix Power Tools)
- partitioning disks: 44.4. Disk Partitioning (Unix Power Tools)
- parts of files, saving: 5.3.2. Saving Part of a File (Learning the vi Editor)
- Pascal programming language: 4. Basic Shell Programming (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 4.2. Shell Variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 4.5.1. Syntax of String Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
- case statement and: 5.3. case (Learning the Korn Shell)
- for loop and: 5.2. for (Learning the Korn Shell)
- until condition and: 5.5. while and until (Learning the Korn Shell)
- while loop and: 5.5. while and until (Learning the Korn Shell)
- passmass script: 28.18.2. Automating /bin/passwd (Unix Power Tools)
- passwd command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 28.18.2. Automating /bin/passwd (Unix Power Tools)
- passwd file: 5.2.1. Special Files (Unix in a Nutshell)
- passwd program: 3.6. Changing Your Password (Learning Unix)
- passwords: 1.1. Working in the Unix Environment (Learning Unix)
- 3.2.1. Working with Passwords (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- access by attackers: 48.5. What We Mean by DoS (Unix Power Tools)
- for VNC server: 47.7.1. Connecting to a Windows VNC server (Unix Power Tools)
- changing: 3.6. Changing Your Password (Learning Unix)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- changing, passwd command for: 1.6.10. Miscellaneous Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- creating: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- displaying information: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- empty
- for files: B.2. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- groups: 50.2.2. Which Group is Which? (Unix Power Tools)
- local resources shared with SMB network: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba (Unix Power Tools)
- logging on with: 1.1.2. Logging in Nongraphically (Learning Unix)
- managing: 3.8. Managing Users and Passwords (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- prompting for: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- root, forgetting: 49.3. Forgetting the root Password (Unix Power Tools)
- Samba, clear text vs. encrypted: 47.3. Securing Samba (Unix Power Tools)
- security of: 3.6. Changing Your Password (Learning Unix)
- for SMB server: 47.3. Securing Samba (Unix Power Tools)
- system file: 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running? (Unix Power Tools)
- paste command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- paste program: 21.18. Pasting Things in Columns (Unix Power Tools)
- :paste-to-clipboard command (xvile): 12.6.2.4. Clipboard (Learning the vi Editor)
- paste tool: 1.6.5. Text Editing and Processing (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pasting in xterm windows: 2.4.2. Using a Mouse with xterm Windows (Learning Unix)
- pasting text
- between vi's: 17.24. Using vi Abbreviations as Commands (Cut and Paste Between vi's) (Unix Power Tools)
- from window systems into vi: 18.5. Keymaps for Pasting into a Window Running vi (Unix Power Tools)
- in tty-type virtual consoles with the mouse: 23.12.2. Scrolling, Using a Mouse (Unix Power Tools)
- pasting text in xterm windows: 5.13. Simple Copy and Paste in xterm (Unix Power Tools)
- patch command: 1.6.7. Working with Files and Directories (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- patch program: 20.1. Why Line Editors Aren't Dinosaurs (Unix Power Tools)
- PATH environment variable: 3.7. Customizing Your Account (Learning Unix)
- 5.3.5. Environment Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 29.13.2. FPATH Search Path (Unix Power Tools)
- 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- 35.6. The PATH Environment Variable (Unix Power Tools)
- command version, getting: 2.6. Which Version Am I Using? (Unix Power Tools)
- finding commands: 35.3. What Environment Variables Are Good For (Unix Power Tools)
- path shell variable and: 35.7. PATH and path (Unix Power Tools)
- searching with #!: 36.4. Making #! Search the PATH (Unix Power Tools)
- shell functions, searching for: 29.13.2. FPATH Search Path (Unix Power Tools)
- path option (vim): 11.10.2.2. Include file searching (Learning the vi Editor)
- PATH shell variable: 4.3.3. Other Shell Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PATH variable: 3.4.2.6. Command search path (Learning the Korn Shell)
- pathchk command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- pathname modifiers: 5.3.2.1. Examples using pathname modifiers (Unix in a Nutshell)
- pathnames: 3.1.3. The Directory Tree (Learning Unix)
- absolute: 3.1.4. Absolute Pathnames (Learning Unix)
- checking for acceptability: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- editing: 4.6. Faster Prompt Setting with Built-ins (Unix Power Tools)
- Emacs, PWD variable and: 19.9. Unset PWD Before Using Emacs (Unix Power Tools)
- filenames stripped from: 36.13.1. Introduction to basename and dirname (Unix Power Tools)
- files archived on tape drives: 38.6.1. Restoring a Few Files (Unix Power Tools)
- full/relative: 1.6.1. Directories (Learning the Korn Shell)
- GNU tar backups to remote tape drive: 38.8. Using GNU tar with a Remote Tape Drive (Unix Power Tools)
- head of, returning with :h operator: 28.5. String Editing (Colon) Operators (Unix Power Tools)
- links to: 10.8. Showing the Actual Filenames for Symbolic Links (Unix Power Tools)
- login shell: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- matching with wildcard expressions in GNU tar: 38.10.2. With GNU tar (Unix Power Tools)
- relative: 3.1.5. Relative Pathnames (Learning Unix)
- restricted shell and: 10.4.2. Restricted Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- script, testing for: 36.8. Save Disk Space and Programming: Multiple Names for a Program (Unix Power Tools)
- searching for files: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- in shell setup files: 3.7. Use Absolute Pathnames in Shell Setup Files (Unix Power Tools)
- stripped from filenames: 36.13.1. Introduction to basename and dirname (Unix Power Tools)
- stripping filenames from: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- symbols in: 35.20.1. With the "$@" Parameter (Unix Power Tools)
- tail of, returning with :t operator: 28.5. String Editing (Colon) Operators (Unix Power Tools)
- wildcards in: 33.1. File-Naming Wildcards (Unix Power Tools)
- paths
- changing in shell startup files: 27.6. Controlling Shell Command Searches (Unix Power Tools)
- echo $PATH command, finding directory pathnames: 7.4. A bin Directory for Your Programs and Scripts (Unix Power Tools)
- local, sharing with SMB network: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba (Unix Power Tools)
- in Perl scripts: 41.5.1. Scalars (Unix Power Tools)
- search paths, shells: 27.3.4. Shell Search Paths (Unix Power Tools)
- 27.6. Controlling Shell Command Searches (Unix Power Tools)
- 27.6. Controlling Shell Command Searches (Unix Power Tools)
- (see also search path)
- set path command, hung terminals and: 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In (Unix Power Tools)
- tail of each path in dirs output for C shell prompt: 4.14. dirs in Your Prompt: Better Than $cwd (Unix Power Tools)
- in URIs: 40.6.1. Configuring the sources.list File (Unix Power Tools)
- pattern addressing: 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed (sed & awk)
- A.2.1. Pattern Addressing (sed & awk)
- pattern-expansion characters ({ }): 28.4. Build Strings with { } (Unix Power Tools)
- pattern matching: 4.5.2.4. Pattern matching with regular expressions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 1.3. A Pattern-Matching Programming Language (sed & awk)
- 1.4. Four Hurdles to Mastering sed and awk (sed & awk)
- 2.2.1. Scripting (sed & awk)
- 6. Pattern Matching (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 17.13. Moving Blocks of Text by Patterns (Unix Power Tools)
- 32.1. That's an Expression (Unix Power Tools)
- 32.1. That's an Expression (Unix Power Tools)
- (see also regular expressions)
- in awk: 7.4. Pattern Matching (sed & awk)
- in case statements: 36.25. Testing Two Strings with One case Statement (Unix Power Tools)
- closure: 3.2.5. Repeated Occurrences of a Character (sed & awk)
- compound searches with vi: 17.22. vi Compound Searches (Unix Power Tools)
- extent of match: 3.2.12.1. The extent of the match (sed & awk)
- fixed strings: 3.2.3. Writing Regular Expressions (sed & awk)
- global commands useful with: 17.14. Useful Global Commands (with Pattern Matches) (Unix Power Tools)
- lowercase letters: 17.16. Capitalizing Every Word on a Line (Unix Power Tools)
- metacharacters for (see metacharacters)
- over multiple lines: 3.2.7.1. Phrases (sed & awk)
- phrases: 3.2.7.1. Phrases (sed & awk)
- quick reference: 32.21. Pattern Matching Quick Reference with Examples (Unix Power Tools)
- replacement patterns: 32.15. Extended Regular Expressions (Unix Power Tools)
- search patterns in vi editor: 17.8. Using Search Patterns and Global Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- at start/end of words: 3.2.11. What's the Word? Part II (sed & awk)
- wildcards in case statements: 35.11. Pattern Matching in case Statements (Unix Power Tools)
- pattern-matching operators: 4.5.3. Pattern-Matching Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
- pattern-matching operators ~ and !~: 20.10.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- "Pattern not found" message: 3.3. Movement by Searches (Learning the vi Editor)
- pattern searching: 3.3. Movement by Searches (Learning the vi Editor)
- configuration options for: 7.1.4. Some Useful Options (Learning the vi Editor)
- ex commands for: 5.2.4. Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- 5.2.6. Global Searches (Learning the vi Editor)
- global pattern-matching rules: 6.3. Pattern-Matching Rules (Learning the vi Editor)
- examples: 6.4. Pattern-Matching Examples (Learning the vi Editor)
- POSIX bracket expressions: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- replacement-string metacharacters: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
- search-pattern metacharacters: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- substitution tricks: 6.3.4. More Substitution Tricks (Learning the vi Editor)
- incremental searching (vi clones): 8.6.4. Incremental Searching (Learning the vi Editor)
- making case-insensitive: 7.1.1. The :set Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- matching brackets: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- opening files at specific place: 4.2.1. Advancing to a Specific Place (Learning the vi Editor)
- replacing text and (see replacing text)
- within lines: 3.3.2. Current Line Searches (Learning the vi Editor)
- wrapping searches: 3.3. Movement by Searches (Learning the vi Editor)
- 3.3.1. Repeating Searches (Learning the vi Editor)
- pattern space: 4.1.1. The Pattern Space (sed & awk)
- 6.3. Hold That Line (sed & awk)
- (see also hold space)
- deleting contents of (see d command (sed))
- displaying (see l command (sed))
- inputing file into (see reading from files)
- insert and append commands and: 5.5. Append, Insert, and Change (sed & awk)
- multiline: 6.1. Multiline Pattern Space (sed & awk)
- pattern space (sed editor): 34.14. Hold Space: The Set-Aside Buffer (Unix Power Tools)
- pattern-substitution operators: 4.5.4. Pattern Substitution Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
- patterns: 4.5.2. Patterns and Regular Expressions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed (sed & awk)
- 2.2.1. Scripting (sed & awk)
- B.2.3. Patterns (sed & awk)
- 32.1. That's an Expression (Unix Power Tools)
- 32.1. That's an Expression (Unix Power Tools)
- (see also regular expressions; replacement patterns; search patterns)
- aliases matching a wildcard-type pattern in zsh: 29.6. zsh Aliases (Unix Power Tools)
- awk utility: 20.10.2. Patterns and Procedures (Unix Power Tools)
- csplit program, for searches: 21.10. Splitting Files by Context: csplit (Unix Power Tools)
- job control mechanism, use of: 23.3. Using jobs Effectively (Unix Power Tools)
- matching in Expect program: 28.18. Expect (Unix Power Tools)
- regular expressions vs. wildcards (file-matching patterns): 32.2. Don't Confuse Regular Expressions with Wildcards (Unix Power Tools)
- replacement, valid regular expression metacharacters for: 32.20. Valid Metacharacters for Different Unix Programs (Unix Power Tools)
- in sed: 34.17. The Deliberate Scrivener (Unix Power Tools)
- patterns, awk: 11.3. Patterns and Procedures (Unix in a Nutshell)
- pausing scripts: 25.1. Building Software Robots the Easy Way (Unix Power Tools)
- pax command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- pbcopy command: 1.6.3. Macintosh Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- B. Command-Line Tools: The Missing Manpages (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pbhelpindexer tool: 1.6.2. Apple's Command-line Developer Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pbm (portable bitmap) format: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- pbmplus package: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- pbpaste command: 1.6.3. Macintosh Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- B. Command-Line Tools: The Missing Manpages (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pbprojectdump tool: 1.6.2. Apple's Command-line Developer Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pbxcp tool: 1.6.2. Apple's Command-line Developer Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pbxhmapdump tool: 1.6.2. Apple's Command-line Developer Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pcat command: B.2. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PCL (Printer Command Language): 45.14. Printing Languages — PostScript, PCL, DVI, PDF (Unix Power Tools)
- PCMCIA memory cards, formatting: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PCs: 3.4.2.5. Terminal types (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 0.. DOS Versions (sed & awk)
- keyboard, CTRL and CAPS LOCK: 6.1. Defining Keys and Button Presses with xmodmap (Unix Power Tools)
- Korn shell emulation for: A.9. Workalikes on PC Platforms (Learning the Korn Shell)
- partitioning PC BIOS disk: 44.4. Disk Partitioning (Unix Power Tools)
- text files, removing carriage returns from: 21.11. Hacking on Characters with tr (Unix Power Tools)
- Universal Serial Bus (USB), support of: 44.12. USB Configuration (Unix Power Tools)
- PDF: 45.14. Printing Languages — PostScript, PCL, DVI, PDF (Unix Power Tools)
- pdksh (public domain Korn shell): 1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- 27.1. What the Shell Does (Unix Power Tools)
- aliases: 29.5. Korn-Shell Aliases (Unix Power Tools)
- command-line editing: 30.14.4. ksh Editing (Unix Power Tools)
- FPATH environment variable for shell functions: 29.13.2.1. Korn shell (Unix Power Tools)
- history file: 30.13. Pass History to Another Shell (Unix Power Tools)
- pdksh shell: A.6. pdksh (Learning the Korn Shell)
- percent sign (%)
- %% pattern-matching operator: 4.5.3. Pattern-Matching Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 4.7. Advanced Examples: pushd and popd (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 5.5. while and until (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 5.5. while and until (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 6.2.3. Arithmetic Variables and Assignment (Learning the Korn Shell)
- as command: 2.4.5. Character-Finding Commands (Learning the Korn Shell)
- as pattern-matching operator: 4.5.3. Pattern-Matching Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 4.5.3. Pattern-Matching Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 4.5.3. Pattern-Matching Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 5.2. for (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 5.3. case (Learning the Korn Shell)
- %= assignment operator: 4.4.1. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 5.4.1.1. Assignment operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 11.5. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- for current filename: 5.5.3. Calling in New Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- every line symbol (ex): 6. Global Replacement (Learning the vi Editor)
- for format specifications: 7.9. Formatted Printing (sed & awk)
- matching brackets: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
- metacharacter: 6.3.2. Replacement Patterns (Unix in a Nutshell)
- modulo operator: 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
- modulus operator: 4.4.1. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 5.4.1.2. Arithmetic operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 11.5. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- %= (assignment) operator: 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
- representing every line (ex): 5.2.3. Line Addressing Symbols (Learning the vi Editor)
- specifying jobs: 8.2.1. Foreground and Background (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.2.1. Foreground and Background (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.3.2. kill (Learning the Korn Shell)
- vim extended matching command: 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
- percent sign (%), as shell prompt: 2.2.3. C. Starting the Window Manager (Learning Unix)
- performance: 26.1. Timing Is Everything (Unix Power Tools)
- displaying running commands: 26.3. What Commands Are Running and How Long Do They Take? (Unix Power Tools)
- global and local problems: 26.1. Timing Is Everything (Unix Power Tools)
- optimizing C compliers and: 6.1.3.1. More about C compilers (Learning the Korn Shell)
- problems with, checking for security breaches: 48.6. Beware of Sluggish Performance (Unix Power Tools)
- I/O statistics: 48.6.4. Other Checks (Unix Power Tools)
- network connections: 48.6.3. Check Network Connections (Unix Power Tools)
- processes: 48.6.1. Check Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- swap space: 48.6.2. Checking Swap Space (Unix Power Tools)
- virtual memory statistics: 48.6.4. Other Checks (Unix Power Tools)
- process scheduling at lower priority with nice: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To (Unix Power Tools)
- processes and: 8.5.2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Coroutines (Learning the Korn Shell)
- system load, checking with uptime: 26.4. Checking System Load: uptime (Unix Power Tools)
- timing processes: 26.1. Timing Is Everything (Unix Power Tools)
- timing programs: 26.2. Timing Programs (Unix Power Tools)
- period (.) metacharacter: 6.3.1. Search Patterns (Unix in a Nutshell)
- period (.)
- current line symbol (ex): 5.2.3. Line Addressing Symbols (Learning the vi Editor)
- metacharacter: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
- repeat command: 2.3.8.1. Repeat (Learning the vi Editor)
- 6.1. Confirming Substitutions (Learning the vi Editor)
- under Symbols (see . (dot)
- PERIOD shell variable: 4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- periodic commands: 4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- periodic execution of programs: 25.2. Periodic Program Execution: The cron Facility (Unix Power Tools)
- Perl: 41.1. High-Octane Shell Scripting (Unix Power Tools)
- branching and looping: 41.6. Perl Boot Camp, Part 3: Branching and Looping (Unix Power Tools)
- bug reports, filing: 41.2. Checking your Perl Installation (Unix Power Tools)
- commenting RCS files: 39.5. RCS Basics (Unix Power Tools)
- compiling: 41.3. Compiling Perl from Scratch (Unix Power Tools)
- configuration information: 41.2. Checking your Perl Installation (Unix Power Tools)
- configuring
- CPAN, library modules on: 22.8. Sorting a List of People by Last Name (Unix Power Tools)
- data types: 41.5. Perl Boot Camp, Part 2: Variables and Data Types (Unix Power Tools)
- documentation
- documentation (perldoc system): 41.1. High-Octane Shell Scripting (Unix Power Tools)
- fields, cutting: 21.14. Cutting Columns or Fields (Unix Power Tools)
- File::Find module: 8.16. oldlinks: Find Unconnected Symbolic Links (Unix Power Tools)
- grep, simulating actions of: 13.1. Different Versions of grep (Unix Power Tools)
- installation, checking: 41.2. Checking your Perl Installation (Unix Power Tools)
- interpreter (perl): 41.2. Checking your Perl Installation (Unix Power Tools)
- line-by-line and search using: 13.10. Compound Searches (Unix Power Tools)
- modules
- offset script: 21.7. offset: Indent Text (Unix Power Tools)
- pattern matching (see regular expressions)
- programming in Emacs, editing modes for: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List (Unix Power Tools)
- Python vs.: 42.10. What About Perl? (Unix Power Tools)
- regular expression syntax for ranges: 32.9. Regular Expressions: Exceptions in a Character Set (Unix Power Tools)
- regular expressions: 41.7. Perl Boot Camp, Part 4: Pattern Matching (Unix Power Tools)
- scripts
- sl script: 10.8. Showing the Actual Filenames for Symbolic Links (Unix Power Tools)
- sorting lines by length: 22.7. lensort: Sort Lines by Length (Unix Power Tools)
- sorting names by surname, script for: 22.8. Sorting a List of People by Last Name (Unix Power Tools)
- Text::Autoformat module: 21.3. Alternatives to fmt (Unix Power Tools)
- Unix-like operators: 41.8. Perl Boot Camp, Part 5: Perl Knows Unix (Unix Power Tools)
- unlink( ) system call, using: 14.14. Using unlink to Remove a File with a Strange Name (Unix Power Tools)
- variables: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy (Unix Power Tools)
- versions: 41.2. Checking your Perl Installation (Unix Power Tools)
- 41.3. Compiling Perl from Scratch (Unix Power Tools)
- perl command: 1.6.6. Scripting and Shell Programming (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- perl interpreter: 41.2. Checking your Perl Installation (Unix Power Tools)
- -perm operator(find command): 9.15. Searching for Files by Permission (Unix Power Tools)
- "Permission denied" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- 1.2.1. Problems Saving Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- permissions: 4.1. Shell Scripts and Functions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 3.1.8. Listing Files with ls (Learning Unix)
- 50.2. Tutorial on File and Directory Permissions (Unix Power Tools)
- changes, handling with aliases: 50.7. Protect Important Files: Make Them Unwritable (Unix Power Tools)
- changing with chmod: 50.5. Using chmod to Change File Permission (Unix Power Tools)
- directory: 3.3.1. Directory Access Permissions (Learning Unix)
- for executable files: 35.1. Writing a Simple Shell Program (Unix Power Tools)
- execute permission
- files managed by team of people: 50.2.1. User, Group, and World (Unix Power Tools)
- finding files by: 9.15. Searching for Files by Permission (Unix Power Tools)
- fully accessible directory within unreadable directory: 50.10. A Directory That People Can Access but Can't List (Unix Power Tools)
- group, in directory with setgid bit: 49.5. Group Permissions in a Directory with the setgid Bit (Unix Power Tools)
- group-write: 50.2.2. Which Group is Which? (Unix Power Tools)
- groups that deny: 49.7. Add Users to a Group to Deny Permissions (Unix Power Tools)
- 50.2.1. User, Group, and World (Unix Power Tools)
- information neither personal nor modifiable: 50.2.1. User, Group, and World (Unix Power Tools)
- lockfiles: 36.27. Shell Lockfile (Unix Power Tools)
- managing: 50.11. Juggling Permissions (Unix Power Tools)
- modifying files without write access: 50.9. A Loophole: Modifying Files Without Write Access (Unix Power Tools)
- octal number, writing as: 50.2.1. User, Group, and World (Unix Power Tools)
- personal information: 50.2.1. User, Group, and World (Unix Power Tools)
- read-only: 50.7. Protect Important Files: Make Them Unwritable (Unix Power Tools)
- remote directory backups and: 38.7. Using tar to a Remote Tape Drive (Unix Power Tools)
- security and: 48.2. CERT Security Checklists (Unix Power Tools)
- set incorrectly: 27.1. What the Shell Does (Unix Power Tools)
- shell scripts: 50.13. Shell Scripts Must Be Readable and (Usually) Executable (Unix Power Tools)
- sticky bit: 50.4. Protecting Files with the Sticky Bit (Unix Power Tools)
- umask command: 31.13. Automatic Setup When You Enter/Exit a Directory (Unix Power Tools)
- 50.2.1. User, Group, and World (Unix Power Tools)
- umask command and: 3.7. Customizing Your Account (Learning Unix)
- under Linux: 3.3.4. More Protection Under Linux (Learning Unix)
- permissions, file
- Persistent Front End (PFE) mechanism: 5.1.1.1. PFE precompilation (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- personal directories: 7.5. Private (Personal) Directories (Unix Power Tools)
- personal word list, ispell program: 16.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary (Unix Power Tools)
- Persson, Per: 9.6. AquaTerm (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- PFE precompilation: 5.1.1.1. PFE precompilation (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- Pfisterer, Christoph: 6.1. Fink (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pg command: B.2. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- pg program: 3.2. Looking Inside Files with less (Learning Unix)
- pgm (graymap) format: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- PGPLOT graph-drawing package: 9.6. AquaTerm (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- phonebill script (example): 13.2. phonebill—Track Phone Usage (sed & awk)
- phrase script (example): 6.5. To Join a Phrase (sed & awk)
- phrases: 3.2.7.1. Phrases (sed & awk)
- PIC flags: 5.3. Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- pic preprocessor (nroff/troff): 17.3. pic (Unix in a Nutshell)
- pick script: 24.16.2. zap (Unix Power Tools)
- Pico text editor: 4.3.1. Text Editors and Word Processors (Learning Unix)
- pico tool: 1.6.5. Text Editing and Processing (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- PID (see process ID)
- pid (process ID), killing jobs by: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- PID (process ID) numbers: 2.3.2. Terminal Windows (Learning Unix)
- 7.1. Running a Command in the Background (Learning Unix)
- pid (process IDs): 23.2.2. Using Job Control from Your Shell (Unix Power Tools)
- Pike, Rob: 24.16.2. zap (Unix Power Tools)
- Pine program: 6.5.3. Reading Email with Pine (Learning Unix)
- ping program: 46.4. Where, Oh Where Did That Packet Go? (Unix Power Tools)
- pipe (|): 1.7.3. Pipelines (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 1.7.3. Pipelines (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 7.1. I/O Redirectors (Learning the Korn Shell)
- || for condition tests: 5.1.4.3. File attribute checking (Learning the Korn Shell)
- || for exit statuses: 5.1.2. Combinations of Exit Statuses (Learning the Korn Shell)
- as bitwise operator: 6.2. Numeric Variables and Arithmetic (Learning the Korn Shell)
- as case pattern separator: 5.3. case (Learning the Korn Shell)
- pipe (|) for I/O redirection: 5.1. Standard Input and Standard Output (Learning Unix)
- 5.2. Pipes and Filters (Learning Unix)
- pipe system call: 8.5. Coroutines (Learning the Korn Shell)
- pipelined edits: 4.4.4. Edits To Go (sed & awk)
- pipelines: 1.7.3. Pipelines (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 7.3.2. Substitution Order (Learning the Korn Shell)
- exit status of: 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- starting with cat command: 43.2. One Argument with a cat Isn't Enough (Unix Power Tools)
- system calls used in: 8.5. Coroutines (Learning the Korn Shell)
- to code blocks: 7.2.3.3. Code blocks (Learning the Korn Shell)
- two-way: 8.5.4. Coroutines with Two-Way Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
- pipes: 1.5. Programs Are Designed to Work Together (Unix Power Tools)
- buffering output: 43.8. Send Output Two or More Places (Unix Power Tools)
- closing: 10.2. The close( ) Function (sed & awk)
- commands joined with: 35.1. Writing a Simple Shell Program (Unix Power Tools)
- copying directory trees: 10.13. Copying Directory Trees with tar and Pipes (Unix Power Tools)
- 10.13. Copying Directory Trees with tar and Pipes (Unix Power Tools)
- directing output to: 10.5.1. Directing Output to a Pipe (sed & awk)
- find output to xargs ls -l: 9.13. Searching for Files by Type (Unix Power Tools)
- limitations on: 10.8. Limitations (sed & awk)
- locate command output to xargs: 9.18. Using "Fast find" Databases (Unix Power Tools)
- ls command output: 8.4. List All Subdirectories with ls -R (Unix Power Tools)
- ps command in: 24.5. The ps Command (Unix Power Tools)
- reading input from: 10.1.3. Reading Input from a Pipe (sed & awk)
- redirecting input/output: 43.1. Using Standard Input and Output (Unix Power Tools)
- 43.1. Using Standard Input and Output (Unix Power Tools)
- |& operator: 43.5. Redirection in C Shell: Capture Errors, Too? (Unix Power Tools)
- named pipes (FIFOs): 43.11. Named Pipes: FIFOs (Unix Power Tools)
- to pagers: 43.4. Problems Piping to a Pager (Unix Power Tools)
- tpipe command: 43.10. Redirecting Output to More Than One Place (Unix Power Tools)
- redirecting standard error (but not standard output): 43.3. Send (Only) Standard Error Down a Pipe (Unix Power Tools)
- piping into vile: 12.10.4. Miscellaneous Small Features (Learning the vi Editor)
- pixmaps: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- pkg_add utility: 40.10. Installing with FreeBSD Packages (Unix Power Tools)
- pl command: B. Command-Line Tools: The Missing Manpages (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- place marking: 4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
- Plan 9 operating system: 1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- 1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- .plan file: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- plists (property lists): 8.3.1. defaults (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- plpr script (example): 13.8. plpr—lpr Preprocessor (sed & awk)
- Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM): 51.5. General and Authentication Problems (Unix Power Tools)
- plus sign (+): 3.3. Options (Learning the Korn Shell)
- (see +, under Symbols)
- ++ (autoincrement) operator: 41.5.1. Scalars (Unix Power Tools)
- + operator (one or more): 13.3. Finding Text That Doesn't Match (Unix Power Tools)
- addition operator: 32.3. Understanding Expressions (Unix Power Tools)
- as command: 2.4.4. Moving Around in the History File (Learning the Korn Shell)
- as regular expression operator: 4.5.2.1. Regular expression basics (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 4.5.2.1. Regular expression basics (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 4.5.2.3. Korn shell versus awk/egrep regular expressions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- \+ 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)
- data command option: 8.17. Picking a Unique Filename Automatically (Unix Power Tools)
- filename metacharacter: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
- filename wildcard: 33.2. Filename Wildcards in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- in job numbers: 23.3. Using jobs Effectively (Unix Power Tools)
- metacharacter: 8.4. 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)
- move cursor command: 2.2.1. Single Movements (Learning the vi Editor)
- 3.1.5. Movement by Line (Learning the vi Editor)
- 3.1.5. Movement by Line (Learning the vi Editor)
- 2.2.1. Single Movements (Learning the vi Editor)
- 3.1.5. Movement by Line (Learning the vi Editor)
- 3.1.5. Movement by Line (Learning the vi Editor)
- for next file lines (ex): 5.2.3. Line Addressing Symbols (Learning the vi Editor)
- (ex): 5.2.3. Line Addressing Symbols (Learning the vi Editor)
- regular expression metacharacter: 13.4. Extended Searching for Text with egrep (Unix Power Tools)
- running commands when starting vi: 4.2.1. Advancing to a Specific Place (Learning the vi Editor)
- 4.2.1. Advancing to a Specific Place (Learning the vi Editor)
- += assignment operator: 4.4.1. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 5.4.1.1. Assignment operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 11.5. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
- ++ auto-increment operator: 4.4.1. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 5.4.1.1. Assignment operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 11.5. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
- 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
- pnm graphic format: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- :po command (Solaris vi): 8.5.3.1. Solaris vi (Learning the vi Editor)
- .po files: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- point (place location): 2.3.1. Basic Commands (Learning the Korn Shell)
- Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
- pointers: 2. Using Window Systems (Learning Unix)
- :pop (:po) command (elvis): 10.8.2. Tag Stacks (Learning the vi Editor)
- :pop (:po) command (vile): 12.8.2. Tag Stacks (Learning the vi Editor)
- :pop (:po) command (vim): 11.8.2. Tag Stacks (Learning the vi Editor)
- pop operator (Perl): 41.5.2. Arrays (Unix Power Tools)
- popd command: 4.7. Advanced Examples: pushd and popd (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 5.1.4.1. String comparisons (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 5.8. Built-in C Shell Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 4.8. Session Info in Window Title or Status Line (Unix Power Tools)
- 4.14. dirs in Your Prompt: Better Than $cwd (Unix Power Tools)
- 31.7. The Shells' pushd and popd Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- 6.2.3. Arithmetic Variables and Assignment (Learning the Korn Shell)
- additional arguments for: 6.2.3. Arithmetic Variables and Assignment (Learning the Korn Shell)
- clearing directory stack with: 31.7. The Shells' pushd and popd Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- customizations and: 10.2.3. Types of Global Customization (Learning the Korn Shell)
- popping: 4.7. Advanced Examples: pushd and popd (Learning the Korn Shell)
- Portable Archive Exchange (PAX): 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- portable bitmap format: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- Portable Bitmap Package: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- portable graymap format: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- portable object files: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- Portable Operating System Interface (see POSIX)
- portable pixmap formats: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- PORT/PORTING file: 4.2.1. The First Line of Defense (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 4.2.1. The First Line of Defense (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- ports
- firewalls and: 46.12. Firewalls (Unix Power Tools)
- HTTP requests: 46.11. Gateways and NAT (Unix Power Tools)
- IP addresses and: 46.1.2. Layer 4 Protocols: TCP, UDP, and ICMP (Unix Power Tools)
- numbers for: 46.1.2. Layer 4 Protocols: TCP, UDP, and ICMP (Unix Power Tools)
- port forwarding, problems with: 51.7. Server and Client Problems (Unix Power Tools)
- SMTP requests: 46.11. Gateways and NAT (Unix Power Tools)
- terminal, listing of types: 3.15. Terminal Setup: Searching Terminal Table (Unix Power Tools)
- testing port (tty) numbers for terminal setup: 3.13. Terminal Setup: Testing Port (Unix Power Tools)
- well-known, database in /etc/services: 46.2. /etc/services Is Your Friend (Unix Power Tools)
- ports system: 6.3. GNU-Darwin (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- position-independent code (PIC) flags: 5.3. Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- :position-window command (vile): 12.5. Multiwindow Editing (Learning the vi Editor)
- positional metacharacters: 3.2.7. Positional Metacharacters (sed & awk)
- positional parameters: 4.2.1. Positional Parameters (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 4.2.1. Positional Parameters (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 6.1. Command-Line Options (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 9.1.1. Set Options (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 9.2.2. The Preamble (Learning the Korn Shell)
- in functions: 4.2.1.1. Positional parameters in functions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- number of: 4.2.1. Positional Parameters (Learning the Korn Shell)
- syntaxes for: 4.2.2. More on Variable Syntax (Learning the Korn Shell)
- POSIX: A.3. The IEEE 1003.2 POSIX Shell Standard (Learning the Korn Shell)
- --posix option (gawk): 11.2.3.1. Command line options (sed & awk)
- 1.3. The Core of Unix (Unix Power Tools)
- bracket expressions: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
- character class additions: 3.2.4.2. Excluding a class of characters (sed & awk)
- option conbinations, standard for: 2.3.2.3. Mixing options (POSIX) (sed & awk)
- regular expressions standard: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
- standard for labels: 6.4. Advanced Flow Control Commands (sed & awk)
- POSIX 1003.2 standards: 1.6. Solaris: Standard Compliant Programs (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 0.. Standards (Unix in a Nutshell)
- Post Office Protocol (POP or POP3): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP (Unix Power Tools)
- post-read, post-write files (elvis): 10.4.2. Initialization Steps (Learning the vi Editor)
- 10.10.2. Pre- and Post-Operation Control Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- postfix operators: 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
- postfix program: 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP (Unix Power Tools)
- PostScript
- converting text files to: 45.15. Converting Text Files into a Printing Language (Unix Power Tools)
- page description language: 45.14. Printing Languages — PostScript, PCL, DVI, PDF (Unix Power Tools)
- source file extension (.ps): 1.12. Filename Extensions (Unix Power Tools)
- text files, converting to: 45.7. Formatting Plain Text: enscript (Unix Power Tools)
- PostScript files
- pound sign (#)
- PPID shell variable: 4.3.2. Built-in Shell Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PPID variable: 8.4.2. Process ID Variables and Temporary Files (Learning the Korn Shell)
- ppm (pixmap) format: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- pr command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 21.15. Making Text in Columns with pr (Unix Power Tools)
- 45.6. Formatting Plain Text: pr (Unix Power Tools)
- -l option (page length): 21.15.3. Order Lines Across Columns: -l (Unix Power Tools)
- -m option (one file per column): 21.15.1. One File per Column: -m (Unix Power Tools)
- -number option for columns: 21.15.2. One File, Several Columns: -number (Unix Power Tools)
- sX option (setting column separator to x): 21.15.1. One File per Column: -m (Unix Power Tools)
- t and n options: 12.13. Numbering Lines (Unix Power Tools)
- -h (heading) option: 21.15.1. One File per Column: -m (Unix Power Tools)
- pr program: 4.5.1. pr (Learning Unix)
- pr, using awk instead of pr -n: 9.2.3.3. Breakpoints (Learning the Korn Shell)
- :pre command (ex): 1.2.1. Problems Saving Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer (Learning the vi Editor)
- pre-read, pre-write files (elvis): 10.4.2. Initialization Steps (Learning the vi Editor)
- 10.10.2. Pre- and Post-Operation Control Files (Learning the vi Editor)
- preamble: 9.2.2. The Preamble (Learning the Korn Shell)
- prebinding: 5.6. Prebinding (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- precedence of operators: 32.3. Understanding Expressions (Unix Power Tools)
- precedence, operation: 3.1. That's an Expression (sed & awk)
- B.2.5.6. Operators (sed & awk)
- precision modifier: 7.9. Formatted Printing (sed & awk)
- precompilation preprocessor (see cpp-precomp)
- precompiled header files: 5.1. Header Files (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 5.1.1. Precompiled Header Files (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- predefined aliases: B.3. Predefined Aliases (Learning the Korn Shell)
- predefined environment variables: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- predefined shell variables
- Preferences pane: 8.3.1.4. Values (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- prefix operators: 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
- prepfont display mode (elvis): 10.9.2. Syntax Highlighting (Learning the vi Editor)
- preprocessing: 4.2.3. Supported Languages (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- preprocessors for nroff/troff system: 17. troff Preprocessors (Unix in a Nutshell)
- preprompt commands: 4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- preserve command (ex): 9.2. Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- :Previous command (nvi): 9.5. Multiwindow Editing (Learning the vi Editor)
- previous file, switching to: 5.5.4. Switching Files from vi (Learning the vi Editor)
- previous job: 23.3. Using jobs Effectively (Unix Power Tools)
- :previous-window command (vile): 12.5. Multiwindow Editing (Learning the vi Editor)
- primary groups: 49.6. Groups and Group Ownership (Unix Power Tools)
- primary partitions: 44.4. Disk Partitioning (Unix Power Tools)
- prime factors: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- primitives, pic preprocessor: 17.3.3. Primitives (Unix in a Nutshell)
- print character class: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
- print command: 1.9.1. Quoting (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 3.4. Shell Variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 7.2.1. print (Learning the Korn Shell)
- -n option for: 4.5.1. Syntax of String Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 5.1.4.3. File attribute checking (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 6.5.2. String Formatting Options (Learning the Korn Shell)
- -p option for: 8.5.4. Coroutines with Two-Way Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.5.5. Two-Way Pipes Versus Standard Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
- as debugging aid: 9.1. Basic Debugging Aids (Learning the Korn Shell)
- escape sequences for: 7.2.1.1. print escape sequences (Learning the Korn Shell)
- for emulating eval: 7.3.4. eval (Learning the Korn Shell)
- options for: 7.2.1.2. Options to print (Learning the Korn Shell)
- print command (awk): 11.10. Alphabetical Summary of Functions and Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 20.10.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- print command (ex): 9.2. Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- print command (ksh): 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
- print command (sed) (see p command; P command)
- print function: 41.5.1. Scalars (Unix Power Tools)
- -print operator(find command): 9.24. Finding the (Hard) Links to a File (Unix Power Tools)
- print pseudo-command (sccs): 18.7.2. Pseudo-Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- print statement (awk): 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed (sed & awk)
- 7.2. Hello, World (sed & awk)
- 10.5. Directing Output to Files and Pipes (sed & awk)
- print working directory (pwd) command: 3.1.6.1. pwd (Learning Unix)
- printcap file: 45.8. Printing Over a Network (Unix Power Tools)
- printenv command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- Printer Command Language (PCL): 45.14. Printing Languages — PostScript, PCL, DVI, PDF (Unix Power Tools)
- PRINTER environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- printer queue, watching for errors (watchq script): 24.13. Printer Queue Watcher: A Restartable Daemon Shell Script (Unix Power Tools)
- printerr( ): 11.2.1.4. Special filenames (sed & awk)
- 12.3.4. A Function for Reporting Errors (sed & awk)
- printers: 4.5.1. pr (Learning Unix)
- printers, cplutil tool for configuring: 1.6.2. Apple's Command-line Developer Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- printers, testing: B.2. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PRINT_EXIT_VALUE option (zsh): 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- printexitvalue shell variable (tcsh): 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- printf command: 1.6.6. Scripting and Shell Programming (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
- printf command (awk): 11.10. Alphabetical Summary of Functions and Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 20.10.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- 21.8. Centering Lines in a File (Unix Power Tools)
- printf statement: 7.9. Formatted Printing (sed & awk)
- 10.5. Directing Output to Files and Pipes (sed & awk)
- printing: 45.1. Introduction to Printing (Unix Power Tools)
- banners: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- cancelling print requests: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- commands without executing them (:p operator): 28.5. String Editing (Colon) Operators (Unix Power Tools)
- 30.11. Check Your History First with :p (Unix Power Tools)
- Common Unix Printing System (CUPS): 45.18. The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) (Unix Power Tools)
- current system name: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- elvis print management: 10.10.1. Display Modes (Learning the vi Editor)
- environment variable values: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- file contents (see files, printing)
- file creation mode mask: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- files: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- files, shortcut for: 28.4. Build Strings with { } (Unix Power Tools)
- formatting output (awk): 7.9. Formatted Printing (sed & awk)
- formatting plain text with enscript: 45.7. Formatting Plain Text: enscript (Unix Power Tools)
- formatting plain text with pr: 45.6. Formatting Plain Text: pr (Unix Power Tools)
- languages for: 45.14. Printing Languages — PostScript, PCL, DVI, PDF (Unix Power Tools)
- line addresses with =: 5.9. Print Line Number (sed & awk)
- lines: 5.1. ex Commands (Learning the vi Editor)
- log files
- lp-style commands: 45.2.2. lp-Style Printing Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- lpc commands: 45.3. Printer Control with lpc (Unix Power Tools)
- lpr-style commands: 45.2.1. lpr-Style Printing Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- markup languages, formatting with: 45.13. Formatting Markup Languages — troff, LATEX, HTML, and So On (Unix Power Tools)
- network: 45.8. Printing Over a Network (Unix Power Tools)
- Portable Bitmap Package: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
- printers, configuring to share with SMB network: 47.4. SWAT and GUI SMB Browsers (Unix Power Tools)
- queue
- over Samba: 45.9. Printing Over Samba (Unix Power Tools)
- sending files: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- spooling system
- spooling system for: 45.1. Introduction to Printing (Unix Power Tools)
- to standard output: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- strings: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- system configuration variables: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- system names known to uucp: B.2. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- system usage information: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- terminal capability: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- terminal device name: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- typesetting: 45.10. Introduction to Typesetting (Unix Power Tools)
- using different printers: 45.4. Using Different Printers (Unix Power Tools)
- printing files: 4.5. Printing Files (Learning Unix)
- priocntl command: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To (Unix Power Tools)
- priority: 1.8.2. Background Jobs and Priorities (Learning the Korn Shell)
- priority of processes: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To (Unix Power Tools)
- priority ordering for processes: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control (Unix Power Tools)
- private addresses: 46.11. Gateways and NAT (Unix Power Tools)
- private directories: 7.5. Private (Personal) Directories (Unix Power Tools)
- private keys (see public-key cryptography)
- privileged mode: 10.4.4. Setuid and Privileged Mode (Learning the Korn Shell)
- /proc filesystem
- procedural programming languages, functions in: 42.3.2. Functions (Unix Power Tools)
- procedure language, vile: 12.10.3. The Procedure Language (Learning the vi Editor)
- procedures: 2.2.1. Scripting (sed & awk)
- 2.4.1. Running awk (sed & awk)
- procedures, awk: 11.3.2. Procedures (Unix in a Nutshell)
- procedures (awk utility): 20.10.2.2. Procedures (Unix Power Tools)
- process groups: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
- process ID (PID): 4.15. External Commands Send Signals to Set Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
- 24.19. Why You Can't Kill a Zombie (Unix Power Tools)
- -1: 24.14. Killing All Your Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- kill command, feeding to: 24.12. Destroying Processes with kill (Unix Power Tools)
- statistics of process by: 24.9.4. Statistics of Processes by PID (Unix Power Tools)
- unique filenames, use in: 8.17. Picking a Unique Filename Automatically (Unix Power Tools)
- zmore script (example): 35.17. Trapping Exits Caused by Interrupts (Unix Power Tools)
- process ID (PID) numbers: 2.3.2. Terminal Windows (Learning Unix)
- 7.1. Running a Command in the Background (Learning Unix)
- process IDs: 8.1. Process IDs and Job Numbers (Learning the Korn Shell)
- process information, top utility for displaying: 8.1.1. top (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- process substitution: 7.3.2. Substitution Order (Learning the Korn Shell)
- processes: 8. Process Handling (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8. Process Handling (Learning the Korn Shell)
- (see also jobs)
- background (see background processes)
- background and foreground: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- chain leading to your window: 24.20. The Process Chain to Your Window (Unix Power Tools)
- checking for security breaches: 48.6.1. Check Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- cleaning up unkillable: 24.18. Cleaning Up an Unkillable Process (Unix Power Tools)
- closing a window by killing its processes: 24.22. Close a Window by Killing Its Process(es) (Unix Power Tools)
- commands printed in parentheses by ps: 24.8. Why ps Prints Some Commands in Parentheses (Unix Power Tools)
- controlling (see job control)
- controlling process: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
- controlling terminal: 24.6. The Controlling Terminal (Unix Power Tools)
- core images of: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- creating new with fork and exec calls: 24.2. fork and exec (Unix Power Tools)
- defined: 23.2.1. How Job Control Works (Unix Power Tools)
- destroying with kill command: 24.12. Destroying Processes with kill (Unix Power Tools)
- disowning: 23.11. Disowning Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- exit status of: 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- exit status returned by: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
- foreground (see foreground processes)
- group leaders: 8.3.3.2. BSD (Learning the Korn Shell)
- in pathological states: 8.3.3.2. BSD (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.5. Coroutines (Learning the Korn Shell)
- interactively killing those matching a pattern: 24.16. Kill Processes Interactively (Unix Power Tools)
- killing all: 24.14. Killing All Your Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- killing by name: 24.15. Killing Processes by Name? (Unix Power Tools)
- killing interactively
- listing with ps command: 1.10. The Kernel and Daemons (Unix Power Tools)
- 24.5. The ps Command (Unix Power Tools)
- managing, overview of: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
- open files for reading from/writing to: 36.15. Overview: Open Files and File Descriptors (Unix Power Tools)
- parent-child relationships: 35.4. Parent-Child Relationships (Unix Power Tools)
- performance and: 8.5.2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Coroutines (Learning the Korn Shell)
- priority, lowering with nice command: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To (Unix Power Tools)
- /proc filesystem: 24.9. The /proc Filesystem (Unix Power Tools)
- queue by priority: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control (Unix Power Tools)
- restarting daemon shell script with kill command: 24.13. Printer Queue Watcher: A Restartable Daemon Shell Script (Unix Power Tools)
- scheduling: 25.1. Building Software Robots the Easy Way (Unix Power Tools)
- signals and: 24.10. What Are Signals? (Unix Power Tools)
- spawning: 24.2. fork and exec (Unix Power Tools)
- stopped vs. terminated: 23.3. Using jobs Effectively (Unix Power Tools)
- stopping: 24.17. Processes Out of Control? Just STOP Them (Unix Power Tools)
- terminal windows without shells: 24.21. Terminal Windows Without Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- terminating IDs: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- timing: 26.1. Timing Is Everything (Unix Power Tools)
- tracking down with ps command: 24.7. Tracking Down Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- Unix handling of: 23.2.1. How Job Control Works (Unix Power Tools)
- unrelated, communicating through FIFOs: 43.11. Named Pipes: FIFOs (Unix Power Tools)
- processes, background: 7. Multitasking (Learning Unix)
- /procfilesystem: 24.9. The /proc Filesystem (Unix Power Tools)
- PROCINFO array (gawk): 11.2.3.7. Additional special files (sed & awk)
- procomm program: 1.1.1. Connecting to the Unix Computer (Learning Unix)
- prof command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- profile data, displaying: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- .profile file: 3.1. The .profile File (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 3.7. Customizing Your Account (Learning Unix)
- 4.2.1. Special Files (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 4.2.1. Special Files (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
- bash shell: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
- Bourne shells
- CDPATH variable in: 31.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath (Unix Power Tools)
- hung terminal and: 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In (Unix Power Tools)
- Korn shells: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
- login shells: 3.4.1. Login Shells (Unix Power Tools)
- restricted shell and: 10.4.2. Restricted Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
- stty commands in: 5.8. Setting Your Erase, Kill, and Interrupt Characters (Unix Power Tools)
- terminal type, setting with qterm: 5.4. Querying Your Terminal Type: qterm (Unix Power Tools)
- vs. environment file: 3.5.2. The Environment File (Learning the Korn Shell)
- profiler (GNU gprof): 26.1. Timing Is Everything (Unix Power Tools)
- programming: 4. Basic Shell Programming (Learning the Korn Shell)
- programming assistance: 8.7. Programming Assistance (Learning the vi Editor)
- C, C++ features (vim): 11.10.2. C and C++ Programming Features (Learning the vi Editor)
- edit-compile speedup: 8.7.1. Edit-Compile Speedup (Learning the vi Editor)
- elvis editor: 10.9. Programming Assistance (Learning the vi Editor)
- source code editing: 7.5. Editing Program Source Code (Learning the vi Editor)
- syntax highlighting: 8.7.2. Syntax Highlighting (Learning the vi Editor)
- using tags: 8.5. Enhanced Tags (Learning the vi Editor)
- vile editor: 12.9. Programming Assistance (Learning the vi Editor)
- vim editor: 11.9. Programming Assistance (Learning the vi Editor)
- programming, Directory Services and: 3.2. Programming with Directory Services (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- programming languages
- programming languages, GCC support for: 4.2.3. Supported Languages (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- programming, shell (see shell scripts)
- programming the shell: 8.3. Programming (Learning Unix)
- programming, Unix: 1.2. Power Grows on You (Unix Power Tools)
- programs
- aborting: 5.6.5. Aborting Programs (Unix Power Tools)
- bin directory for: 7.4. A bin Directory for Your Programs and Scripts (Unix Power Tools)
- cancelling execution of: 1.1.8. Correcting a Command Line (Learning Unix)
- 7.3. Cancelling a Process (Learning Unix)
- directly executable vs. interpreted: 7.2.1. ps (Learning Unix)
- displaying profile data for: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- environment, modifying: 35.29. Reading Files with the . and source Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- file deletion: 14.5. Answer "Yes" or "No" Forever with yes (Unix Power Tools)
- filename wildcards, passing to without shell interpretation: 33.3. Who Handles Wildcards? (Unix Power Tools)
- filters: 1.5. Programs Are Designed to Work Together (Unix Power Tools)
- getting description of: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- lexical analysis
- links to: 36.8. Save Disk Space and Programming: Multiple Names for a Program (Unix Power Tools)
- names of
- periodic execution with cron: 25.2. Periodic Program Execution: The cron Facility (Unix Power Tools)
- redirecting input and output of: 36.15. Overview: Open Files and File Descriptors (Unix Power Tools)
- redirecting output of: 5.1. Standard Input and Standard Output (Learning Unix)
- 5.2. Pipes and Filters (Learning Unix)
- running in background: 7. Multitasking (Learning Unix)
- shells running: 27.3.1. How Shells Run Other Programs (Unix Power Tools)
- timing: 26.2. Timing Programs (Unix Power Tools)
- Unix: 1.4. Communication with Unix (Unix Power Tools)
- waiting for input: 5.6.3. Program Waiting for Input? (Unix Power Tools)
- X, running with: 2.3. Running Programs (Learning Unix)
- Project Athena: 1.5.1. Customizing the tcsh Shell (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- Project Builder: 4. Compiling Source Code (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- .project file: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PROJECTDIR environment variable: 18.7.3. Solaris Notes (Unix in a Nutshell)
- prompt (command/shell): 1.1.2. Logging in Nongraphically (Learning Unix)
- prompt line: 1.1.1. Opening a File (Learning the vi Editor)
- prompt shell variable: 5.3.3. Predefined Shell Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PROMPT_COMMAND (bash shell variable): 4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- promptpid variable: 4.15. External Commands Send Signals to Set Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- prompts: 3.4.2.3. Prompting variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 7.2.3.4. Reading user input (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 3.5. NetInfo Utilities (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed (sed & awk)
- 4.1. Basics of Setting the Prompt (Unix Power Tools)
- 27.3.1. How Shells Run Other Programs (Unix Power Tools)
- $ (dollar sign), in Bourne shell prompts: 27.3.5. Bourne Shell Used Here (Unix Power Tools)
- blank: 4.13. What Good Is a Blank Shell Prompt? (Unix Power Tools)
- Bourne-type shells, primary: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- C-shell, stray prompt problems: 4.5. C-Shell Prompt Causes Problems in vi, rsh, etc. (Unix Power Tools)
- characters displayed in different sehlls: 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running? (Unix Power Tools)
- current directory in, using dirs command output: 4.14. dirs in Your Prompt: Better Than $cwd (Unix Power Tools)
- customizing
- dynamic: 4.3. Dynamic Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- external commands sending signals to set variables: 4.15. External Commands Send Signals to Set Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- faster setting with built-ins: 4.6. Faster Prompt Setting with Built-ins (Unix Power Tools)
- highlighting and color in: 4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- history number in: 30.2. History in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
- 30.7. History by Number (Unix Power Tools)
- menu prompt for naive users: 4.9. A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users (Unix Power Tools)
- modified, script program and: 37.8. Cleaning script Files (Unix Power Tools)
- multiline: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- preprompt commands, setting: 4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- preprompt, preexecution and periodic commands: 4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- PS1, PS2 variables: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- right-side: 4.11. Right-Side Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- secondary
- session info in window title or status line: 4.8. Session Info in Window Title or Status Line (Unix Power Tools)
- static: 4.2. Static Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
- subshell level, showing: 4.12. Show Subshell Level with $SHLVL (Unix Power Tools)
- tildize function and: 7.3.3. Quoting (Learning the Korn Shell)
- typing commands at: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
- propagating shell functions: 29.13. Propagating Shell Functions (Unix Power Tools)
- property lists (plists): 8.3.1. defaults (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- protocols: 3.3. Configuring Directory Services (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 40.6.1. Configuring the sources.list File (Unix Power Tools)
- (see also individual protocol names)
- curl application, support of: 40.8. The curl Application and One-Step GNU-Darwin Auto-Installer for OS X (Unix Power Tools)
- URI types: 40.6.1. Configuring the sources.list File (Unix Power Tools)
- wget utility, support of: 40.7. Interruptable gets with wget (Unix Power Tools)
- proto.term: 1.3.1.1. .term files (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- prs command (SCCS): 18.6. Alphabetical Summary of SCCS Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- prt command (SCCS): 18.6. Alphabetical Summary of SCCS Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- prune operator (find command): 14.15. Removing a Strange File by its i-number (Unix Power Tools)
- -prune operator (findcommand): 9.25. Finding Files with -prune (Unix Power Tools)
- -pruneoperator (file command)
- -pruneoperator (find command)
- ps command: 8.3.3. ps (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 8.6.2. Subshells (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 24.5. The ps Command (Unix Power Tools)
- 24.7. Tracking Down Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- -a (all) option
- -ag options, displaying all processes on system: 24.16.2. zap (Unix Power Tools)
- -ax option: 24.7.2. BSD (Unix Power Tools)
- -ef options (System V): 24.5. The ps Command (Unix Power Tools)
- -el options: 1.10. The Kernel and Daemons (Unix Power Tools)
- AIX version of: 24.5. The ps Command (Unix Power Tools)
- aux options (Berkeley-style): 1.10. The Kernel and Daemons (Unix Power Tools)
- aux or -ef options, listing chain of processes: 24.20. The Process Chain to Your Window (Unix Power Tools)
- checking current processes for security breaches: 48.6.1. Check Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- checking for application running on remote display: 6.10.2. Starting a Remote Client with rsh and ssh (Unix Power Tools)
- commands printed in parentheses: 24.8. Why ps Prints Some Commands in Parentheses (Unix Power Tools)
- displaying programs: 5.6.5. Aborting Programs (Unix Power Tools)
- e (everything) option: 24.7.2. BSD (Unix Power Tools)
- grep, using with: 13.2. Searching for Text with grep (Unix Power Tools)
- listing of command output fields: 24.5. The ps Command (Unix Power Tools)
- in pipes: 24.5. The ps Command (Unix Power Tools)
- runaway shell script, locating: 24.15. Killing Processes by Name? (Unix Power Tools)
- showing all jobs with -x or -e options: 23.11. Disowning Processes (Unix Power Tools)
- vs. jobs command: 8.3.3. ps (Learning the Korn Shell)
- x option: 1.10. The Kernel and Daemons (Unix Power Tools)
- zombies, listing: 24.12. Destroying Processes with kill (Unix Power Tools)
- PS2 environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- PS files (see PostScript files)
- ps program: 7.2.1. ps (Learning Unix)
- ps, ps2 values (lptype option): 10.10.1. Display Modes (Learning the vi Editor)
- PS# shell variables: 4.3.3. Other Shell Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PS4 variable: 3.4.2.3. Prompting variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 3.4.2.3. Prompting variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 9.1.1. Set Options (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 9.2.3. Debugger Functions (Learning the Korn Shell)
- pseudo-commands, SCCS: 18.7. sccs and Pseudo-Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- pseudo-terminal: 24.6. The Controlling Terminal (Unix Power Tools)
- pstat utility: 48.6.2. Checking Swap Space (Unix Power Tools)
- psychotherapist program, Emacs: 19.13. An Absurd Amusement (Unix Power Tools)
- ptbk script (for incremental backups): 38.9. On-Demand Incremental Backups of a Project (Unix Power Tools)
- pty: 24.6. The Controlling Terminal (Unix Power Tools)
- public directive (smb.conf): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba (Unix Power Tools)
- public domain Korn shell (pdksh): A.6. pdksh (Learning the Korn Shell)
- public-domain version of Korn shell (see pdksh)
- public key cryptography
- authentication, not working on SSH: 51.5. General and Authentication Problems (Unix Power Tools)
- installing key file on remote host: 51.5. General and Authentication Problems (Unix Power Tools)
- passphrase, problems with: 51.5. General and Authentication Problems (Unix Power Tools)
- SSL, use of: 46.6. Secure Shell (SSH) (Unix Power Tools)
- punctuation in filenames: 1.11. Filenames (Unix Power Tools)
- push operator (Perl): 41.5.2. Arrays (Unix Power Tools)
- pushd command: 4.7. Advanced Examples: pushd and popd (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 5.8. Built-in C Shell Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 4.8. Session Info in Window Title or Status Line (Unix Power Tools)
- 4.14. dirs in Your Prompt: Better Than $cwd (Unix Power Tools)
- 4.14. dirs in Your Prompt: Better Than $cwd (Unix Power Tools)
- 31.7. The Shells' pushd and popd Commands (Unix Power Tools)
- aliases for: 31.8. Nice Aliases for pushd (Unix Power Tools)
- customizations and: 10.2.3. Types of Global Customization (Learning the Korn Shell)
- improving upon: 5.1.1. Exit Status and Return (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 5.1.4.3. File attribute checking (Learning the Korn Shell)
- pushd function: 6.2.3. Arithmetic Variables and Assignment (Learning the Korn Shell)
- pushing: 4.7. Advanced Examples: pushd and popd (Learning the Korn Shell)
- pushing or pulling information: 25.1. Building Software Robots the Easy Way (Unix Power Tools)
- put command
- put command (ex): 9.2. Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- put command (FTP): 6.4.2.1. Command-line ftp (Learning Unix)
- putting and yanking commands (sed): 10.4.4. Yanking and Putting (Unix in a Nutshell)
- putting text: 2.3. Simple Edits (Learning the vi Editor)
- deleting and (cut-and-paste): 2.3.6. Moving Text (Learning the vi Editor)
- from 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)
- yanking and (copy-and-paste): 2.3.7. Copying Text (Learning the vi Editor)
- pwd command: 1.6.7. Working with Files and Directories (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
- 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 10.7. Linking Directories (Unix Power Tools)
- 31.4. How Does Unix Find Your Current Directory? (Unix Power Tools)
- PWD environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
- pwd (print working directory) command: 3.1.6.1. pwd (Learning Unix)
- PWD shell variable: 4.3.2. Built-in Shell Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
- 5.3.5. Environment Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
- PWD variable: 3.4.2.3. Prompting variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 3.4.2.10. Miscellaneous variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- 3.5.1. Environment Variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
- Python: 42.1. What Is Python? (Unix Power Tools)
- installation: 42.2. Installation and Distutils (Unix Power Tools)
- overview of language: 42.3. Python Basics (Unix Power Tools)
- functions: 42.3.2. Functions (Unix Power Tools)
- GUIs: 42.3.6. wxPython (Unix Power Tools)
- indentation: 42.3.1. Indentation (Unix Power Tools)
- I/O and formatting: 42.3.5. I/O and Formatting (Unix Power Tools)
- modules and packages: 42.3.4. Modules and Packages (Unix Power Tools)
- objects: 42.3.3. Everything's an Object (Unix Power Tools)
- Perl vs.: 42.10. What About Perl? (Unix Power Tools)
- portability of: 42.1. What Is Python? (Unix Power Tools)
- web, interacting with: 42.4. Python and the Web (Unix Power Tools)
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