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Index: M
- m command, marking place in vi editor: 17.29. Finding Your Place with Undo
- m (ending escape sequence): 8.6.1. Trying It
- m (map) option (tset command): 5.3. Setting the Terminal Type When You Log In
- M-x in Emacs (see ESC-x in Emacs)
- MAC (Ethernet) address: 46.10. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Mac OS X: 1.1. What's Special About Unix?
- Darwin: 1.3. The Core of Unix
- passwords, storing: 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running?
- SSH on: 51.1. Enabling Remote Access on Mac OS X
- swap space, checking contents of /var/vm with ls: 48.6.2. Checking Swap Space
- Terminal application: 3.2. The Mac OS X Terminal Application
- user and group management through Netinfo: 49.2. When Does a User Become a User
- Macintosh
- macros
- magic-space tcsh editor function: 30.14.3. tcsh Editing
- mail: 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
- directory for: 7.7. Make More Directories!
- Emacs facility: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List
- headers, removing with behead script: 21.5. Remove Mail/News Headers with behead
- permissions for files: 50.2.1. User, Group, and World
- SMTP (Simple Message Transfer Protocol): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
- mail exchanger (MX) records: 46.3. Status and Troubleshooting
- mail program: 1.21. Unix Networking and Communications
- (backslash) before history characters: 30.16. Instead of Changing History Characters
- redirecting input for: 43.1. Using Standard Input and Output
- redirecting standard error to: 43.3. Send (Only) Standard Error Down a Pipe
- sending yourself email copy of fortune: 36.26. Outputting Text to an X Window
- shortcut for multiple addresses: 28.4. Build Strings with { }
- Mail User Agents (MUAs or UAs): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
- mailboxes, disk space and: 15.3. Save Space with "Bit Bucket" Log Files and Mailboxes
- mailto utility: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding
- Main Options menu (xterm): 5.17. The xterm Menus
- make utility: 11.10. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
- configuring source code: 41.3. Compiling Perl from Scratch
- installing Samba: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba
- make clean command: 40.4. Simplifying the make Process
- make distclean command: 40.4. Simplifying the make Process
- software installation problems with differing versions: 40.3. Which make?
- makealias command: 29.10. Fix Quoting in csh Aliases with makealias and quote
- Makefile.in (configure file): 40.4. Simplifying the make Process
- Makefiles (or makefiles): 11.10. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
- makewhatis utility: 2.2. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries
- man command: 2.1. The man Command
- -man macros (troff): 3.21. Make Your Own Manpages Without Learning troff
- MANPATH environment variable: 2.1. The man Command
- manual pages
- formatted with nroff commands: 45.12. Typesetting Manpages: nroff
- locating for a program: 2.3. whereis: Finding Where a Command Is Located
- MANPATH environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables
- Perl
- searching: 2.4. Searching Online Manual Pages
- for shell prompts: 4.3. Dynamic Prompts
- types of: 2.4. Searching Online Manual Pages
- map( ) function: 42.3.2. Functions
- map commands, vi: 18.2. Save Time and Typing with the vi map Commands
- mappings, keyboard events at server level (see keysym mappings)
- mark command: 31.12. Marking Your Place with a Shell Variable
- markup languages: 45.13. Formatting Markup Languages — troff, LATEX, HTML, and So On
- master password file: 1.17. File Access Permissions
- master word list, ispell program: 16.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
- match command (awk): 20.10.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- matching (see grep commands pattern matching regular expressions)
- max log size directive (smb.conf): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba
- maxdepth operator (find command): 14.15. Removing a Strange File by its i-number
- maximum file size, setting in shells: 15.5.1. limit and ulimit
- memory
- menu completion: 28.6.2. Menu Completion
- menu prompts: 4.9. A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users
- menus, xterm: 5.17. The xterm Menus
- merge option (xrdb): 6.8. Setting Resources with xrdb
- merging files
- Message Transfer Agents (MTAs): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
- META key in Emacs (see ESC-x in Emacs)
- metacharacters
- . (dot)
- display by cat -v command: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c
- displayed by od -c: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c
- in regular expressions: 27.17. "Special" Characters and Operators
- 32.3. Understanding Expressions
- 32.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions
- 34.10. Referencing the Search String in a Replacement
- ^ and $ anchor characters: 32.5. Regular Expressions: The Anchor Characters ^ and $
- . (dot), matching any character with: 32.7. Regular Expressions: Match Any Character with . (Dot)
- examples of use: 32.19. I Never Meta Character I Didn't Like
- Perl: 41.7. Perl Boot Camp, Part 4: Pattern Matching
- search and replace commands for sed or ex: 32.21.2. Examples of Searching and Replacing
- valid metacharacters for different Unix programs: 32.20. Valid Metacharacters for Different Unix Programs
- shell: 32.3. Understanding Expressions
- in shells: 27.17. "Special" Characters and Operators
- wildcard pattern matching in case statements: 35.11. Pattern Matching in case Statements
- in X event translations: 6.4. X Event Translations
- Metaframe (Citrix): 47.9. Citrix: Making Windows Multiuser
- Metamail utilities: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding
- methods: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy
- Microsoft
- MIME encoding: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding
- mimencode utility: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding
- minus sign , under Symbols) (see - (dash)
- MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): 1.22. The X Window System
- mkdir (2) system call, adding directories and their hard links: 10.4.2. Links to a Directory
- mkdir command: 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier
- mkfifo command: 43.11. Named Pipes: FIFOs
- /mnt directory: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories
- modem input, written with send: 28.18.1. Dialback
- modem output, reading by expect: 28.18.1. Dialback
- modems: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware
- modems, checking for stalled data connections: 5.6.4. Stalled Data Connection?
- modes
- modification times for files: 8.2. The Three Unix File Times
- -mtime operator (find command): 9.5. Searching for Old Files
- csh alias to list recently changed: 8.8. A csh Alias to List Recently Changed Files
- finding files by: 8.14. Listing Files by Age and Size
- listing newest file: 8.15. newer: Print the Name of the Newest File
- sorting files by (ls -t): 8.3. Finding Oldest or Newest Files with ls -t and ls -u
- modifiers for patterns: 41.7. Perl Boot Camp, Part 4: Pattern Matching
- modifiers (in regular expressions): 32.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions
- mod_python module: 42.4. Python and the Web
- modules
- modulus (%) operator: 36.21.1. Syntax
- month order, sorting in: 22.6.5. Month Order
- more command, case-insensitive searches, faking: 13.12. Faking Case-Insensitive Searches
- more program: 12.3. "less" is More
- MOTD, security and: 48.8. Importance of MOTD
- mount command: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware
- mounting, Network File System: 44.9. Mounting Network Filesystems — NFS, SMBFS
- mounting filesystems: 44.5. Filesystem Types and /etc/fstab
- mouse
- mouse for xterms: 5.9. Working with xterm and Friends
- move command (ex): 20.4. Useful ex Commands
- moving blocks of text delimited by patterns: 17.13. Moving Blocks of Text by Patterns
- moving files and directories: 10.1. What's So Complicated About Copying Files
- moving text with vi editor: 17.6. Using Buffers to Move or Copy Text
- Mozilla browser, closing window by killing its processes: 24.22.2. Example #2: A Web Browser
- mt command: 38.5.2. Backing Up to Tape
- MTAs (see Message Transfer Agents)
- -mtime operator (find command): 9.5. Searching for Old Files
- mtr (MattÕs traceroute): 46.4. Where, Oh Where Did That Packet Go?
- MUAs (Mail User Agents): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP
- multiline commands
- multiline quoting, Bourne shell: 27.12.4. Multiline Quoting
- multiline replacement strings, sed editor: 34.9. Newlines in a sed Replacement
- multiline shell prompts: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts
- multiple-line patterns, grep using sed: 13.9. A Multiline Context grep Using sed
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (see MIME encoding)
- munchlist script: 16.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
- mutliprocessing on Unix: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell
- mv command: 10.2. What's Really in a Directory?
- -f option: 50.7. Protect Important Files: Make Them Unwritable
- file ownership and: 50.3. Who Will Own a New File?
- i option: 10.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
- modifying file without write permission: 50.9. A Loophole: Modifying Files Without Write Access
- renaming files: 8.11. Can't Access a File? Look for Spaces in the Name
- renaming groups of files and: 10.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
- MX (see mail exchanger record)
- mx function: 29.11.2. Functions with Loops: Internet Lookup
- my operator (Perl variable declaration): 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy
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