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Index: D

dash (-) for command options: 1.2. Syntax of Unix Command Lines

date and time

date program and: 1.1.6.1. date

5.1.1.2. The > operator

process execution time: 7.2.1. ps

DEL, DELETE keys: 1.1.8. Correcting a Command Line

deleting files and directories: 4.4.5. Removing Files and Directories

desktop environments: 2.1. Introduction to Windowing

desktops (virtual): 2.6.2. Pagers and Virtual Desktops

dir command (FTP): 6.4.2.1. Command-line ftp

directly executable programs: 7.2.1. ps

directories: 3.1. The Unix Filesystem

.. shortcuts: 3.1.5.2. Relative pathnames up

3.1.8. Listing Files with ls

4.4.2.1. cp

changing: 3.1.6. Changing Your Working Directory

creating: 4.4.1. Creating Directories with mkdir

current: 3.1.2. Your Working Directory

deleting: 4.4.5. Removing Files and Directories

files, completing: 3.5. Completing File and Directory Names

hierarchy of trees: 3.1.3. The Directory Tree

3.1.7. Files in the Directory Tree

home: 3.1.1. Your Home Directory

listing: 3.1.8. Listing Files with ls

names of: 4.1. File and Directory Names

pathnames: 3.1.3. The Directory Tree

permissions: 3.1.8. Listing Files with ls

3.3.1. Directory Access Permissions

umask command and: 3.7. Customizing Your Account

working: 3.1.2. Your Working Directory

DISPLAY environment variable: 2.3.3.2. Problem checklist

display managers: 2.2.1. A. Ready to Run X (with a Graphical Login)

documentation on Unix: 8.1. Documentation

dollar sign ($), as shell prompt: 1.1.2. Logging in Nongraphically

1.1.5. The Shell Prompt

2.2.3. C. Starting the Window Manager

dot (.)

directory shortcuts: 3.1.5.2. Relative pathnames up

3.1.8. Listing Files with ls

4.4.2.1. cp

in filenames: 4.1. File and Directory Names

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