Index
C
C shell. See also shellshistory command, 111–113
.login and .cshrc files, 115–116, 117, 189
magic characters, 26
overview, 26–27
prompt, 24, 25
reissuing commands, 26, 30
search path, 189
cancel command, 137–138
canceling commands, 29, 31
e-mail in Pine, 250
printing, 137–140
Cannot access message, 333
caret (^) as C shell magic character, 26, 113
in stty command parameters, 117
case sensitivity in directory names, 92
in filenames, 81
grep command and, 125
sort program and, 177
in UNIX commands, 2
cat command, 84, 106
cd command FTP, 283–284
UNIX, 92, 96–97, 205
CD command (DOS), 92
CDE (Common Desktop Environment), 45, 46–47, 59–66, 200
CGI scripts, 299
chatting over networks. See real-time terminal communication
chgrp command, 90
chmod command, 88–89, 188, 323
chown command, 86, 89–90
client-server architecture (X Windows), 43–44, 48–50
clobbered files. See missing files
closing. See exiting
cmp program, 175
Command not found message, 31
command processors, 25. See also shells
commands canceling, 29, 31
Command not found message, 31
conventions in this book, 2, 28
correcting mistakes when entering, 29
defined, 27
ed line editor, 172–173
editing mistakes, 29, 30
emacs text editor, 164
ending command lines, 28
entering in shells, 27–28, 29–31
executing on find search results, 126–127
external versus internal (built-in), 27
FTP, 289
mistyping, 346
pico text editor, 167–168
programs versus, 27
in ps command output, 202, 203
rules for options, switches, or flags, 79
running in the background, 206
spaces with, 31
special characters in, 31
stopping execution, 30
vi text editor, 157–158
comments in login scripts, 116
Common Desktop Environment (CDE), 45, 46–47, 59–66, 200
Common Open Software Environment, 45
comparing files, 175–176
compress program, 179–180, 181
compressing files, 179–182
computers. See also terminals
dumb terminals, 10, 11–12
Linux system requirements, 33
PCs as dumb terminals, 11–12
turning off, avoiding, 30, 348
turning on and off, 10–11
won’t respond, 308–309
won’t turn on, 305–306
workstations versus PCs, 10
X terminals, 12
conventions in this book, 2, 28
copying clobbering files by, 313, 314
files for temporary backup, 83, 316, 322–323
files with cp command, 80–81
files with FTP, 280–281
programs to /bin directory, 186
scp for remote copying, 235–236
text to and from xterm , 74–75
cp command, 80–81, 186, 313, 314
Cross-device link message, 333
Crowder, David and Rhonda (Building a Web Site For Dummies), 295
.cshrc file, 115–116
current or working directory, 95–96, 98
cursor emacs text editor, 162
mouse, 53
pico text editor, 165–166
shell, 30
vi text editor, 155–156
Cygnus Support company, 23