The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use

The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use from by Michael Stutz

source: http://dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_toc.html   last updated 24Feb/2018

• Preface
  • Format of Recipes
  • Assumptions, Scope, and Exclusions
  • Typographical Conventions
  • Versions, Latest Edition, and Errata
  • Acknowledgments
• PART ONE: Working with Linux
• Introduction
  • Background and History
    • What's Unix?
    • What's Free Software?
    • What's Open Source?
    • What's Linux?
    • What's Debian?
    • Unix and the Tools Philosophy
  • What to Try First
  • If You Need More Help
• What Every Linux User Knows
  • Controlling Power to the System
    • Powering Up the System
    • Turning Off the System
  • Accounts and Privileges
    • Logging In to the System
    • Logging Out of the System
  • Console Basics
    • Switching between Consoles
    • Scrolling the Console Text
    • Keys for Console Manipulation
  • Running a Command
  • Changing Your Password
  • Listing User Activity
    • Listing Your Username
    • Listing Who Is on the System
    • Listing Who Is on and What They're Doing
    • Listing the Last Times a User Logged In
  • Listing System Activity
    • Listing Your Current Processes
    • Listing All of a User's Processes
    • Listing All Processes on the System
    • Listing Processes by Name or Number
  • Help Facilities
    • Finding the Right Tool for the Job
    • Listing a Description of a Program
    • Listing the Usage of a Tool
    • Reading a Page from the System Manual
    • Using the GNU Info System
    • Reading System Documentation and Help Files
• The Shell
  • Keys for Command Line Editing
    • Passing Special Characters to Commands
    • Letting the Shell Complete What You Type
    • Repeating the Last Command You Typed
    • Running a List of Commands
  • Redirecting Input and Output
    • Redirecting Input to a File
    • Redirecting Output to a File
    • Redirecting Error Messages to a File
    • Redirecting Output to Another Command's Input
  • Managing Jobs
    • Suspending a Job
    • Putting a Job in the Background
    • Putting a Job in the Foreground
    • Listing Your Jobs
    • Stopping a Job
  • Command History
    • Viewing Your Command History
    • Specifying a Command from Your History
  • Recording a Shell Session
  • Customizing Your Shell
    • Changing the Shell Prompt
    • Making a Command Alias
    • Adding to Your Path
    • Customizing Future Shells
• The X Window System
  • Running X
    • Starting X
    • Stopping X
  • Running a Program in X
    • Specifying Window Size and Location
    • Specifying Window Colors
    • Specifying Window Font
    • Specifying Additional Window Attributes
  • Manipulating X Client Windows
    • Moving a Window
    • Resizing a Window
    • Destroying a Window
    • Minimizing a Window
    • Maximizing a Window
  • Moving around the Desktop
  • Running a Shell in X
  • Configuring X
    • Switching between Video Modes
    • Running X Clients Automatically
    • Changing the Root Window Parameters
    • Choosing a Window Manager
• PART TWO: Files
• Files and Directories
  • Naming Files and Directories
    • Making an Empty File
    • Making a Directory
    • Making a Directory Tree
  • Changing Directories
    • Changing to Your Home Directory
    • Changing to the Last Directory You Visited
    • Getting the Name of the Current Directory
  • Listing Directories
    • Listing File Attributes
    • Listing Directories Recursively
    • Listing Newest Files First
    • Listing Hidden Files
    • Listing Directories in Color
    • Listing Directory Tree Graphs
    • Additional Directory Listing Options
  • Copying Files and Directories
  • Moving Files and Directories
    • Changing File Names to Lowercase
    • Renaming Multiple Files with the Same Extension
  • Removing Files and Directories
    • Removing a File with a Strange Name
    • A Safe Way to Remove a File
  • Giving a File More than One Name
  • Specifying File Names with Patterns
  • Browsing Files
• Sharing Files
  • Groups and How to Work in Them
    • Listing the Groups a User Belongs To
    • Listing the Members of a Group
  • File Ownership
    • Determining the Ownership of a File
    • Changing the Ownership of a File
  • Controlling Access to Files
    • Listing the Permissions of a File
    • Changing the Permissions of a File
    • Write-Protecting a File
    • Making a File Private
    • Making a File Public
    • Making a File Executable
• Finding Files
  • Finding All Files That Match a Pattern
  • Finding Files in a Directory Tree
    • Finding Files in a Directory Tree by Name
    • Finding Files in a Directory Tree by Size
    • Finding Files in a Directory Tree by Modification Time
    • Finding Files in a Directory Tree by Owner
    • Running Commands on the Files You Find
    • Finding Files by Multiple Criteria
  • Finding Files in Directory Listings
    • Finding the Largest Files in a Directory
    • Finding the Smallest Files in a Directory
    • Finding the Smallest Directories
    • Finding the Largest Directories
    • Finding the Number of Files in a Listing
  • Finding Where a Command Is Located
• Managing Files
  • Determining File Type and Format
  • Changing File Modification Time
  • Splitting a File into Smaller Ones
  • Comparing Files
    • Determining Whether Two Files Differ
    • Finding the Differences between Files
    • Patching a File with a Difference Report
  • Compressed Files
    • Compressing a File
    • Decompressing a File
  • File Archives
    • Creating a File Archive
    • Listing the Contents of an Archive
    • Extracting Files from an Archive
  • Tracking Revisions to a File
    • Checking In a File Revision
    • Checking Out a File Revision
    • Viewing a File's Revision Log
• PART THREE: Text
• Viewing Text
  • Perusing Text
    • Perusing a Text File
    • Perusing Multiple Text Files
    • Commands Available While Perusing Text
  • Outputting Text
    • Showing Non-printing Characters
    • Outputting a Beginning Part of a Text
    • Outputting an Ending Part of a Text
    • Outputting a Middle Part of a Text
    • Outputting the Text between Strings
    • Outputting Text in a Dialect
  • Streaming Text
  • Viewing a Character Chart
• Text Editing
  • Choosing the Perfect Text Editor
  • Emacs
    • Getting Acquainted with Emacs
    • Basic Emacs Editing Keys
    • Making Abbreviations in Emacs
    • Recording and Running Macros in Emacs
    • Inserting Special Characters in Emacs
  • Running a Vi Tutorial
  • Selecting Text
    • Cutting Text
    • Pasting Text
  • Editing Streams of Text
  • Concatenating Text
    • Writing Text to Files
    • Appending Text to a File
    • Inserting Text at the Beginning of a File
  • Including Text Files
• Grammar and Reference
  • Spelling
    • Finding the Correct Spelling of a Word
    • Listing the Misspellings in a Text
    • Keeping a Spelling Word List
    • Interactive Spell Checking
    • Spell Checking in Emacs
  • Dictionaries
    • Listing Words that Match a Pattern
    • Listing the Definitions of a Word
    • Listing the Synonyms of a Word
    • Listing the Antonyms of a Word
    • Listing the Hypernyms of a Word
    • Online Dictionaries
  • Checking Grammar
    • Checking Text for Misused Phrases
    • Checking Text for Doubled Words
    • Checking Text for Readability
    • Checking Text for Difficult Sentences
    • Checking Text for Long Sentences
  • Word Lists and Reference Files
• Analyzing Text
  • Counting Text
    • Counting the Characters in a Text
    • Counting the Words in a Text
    • Counting the Lines in a Text
    • Counting the Occurrences of Something
    • Counting Lines per Page in Emacs
  • Making a Concordance of a Text
  • Text Relevance
    • Sorting Text in Order of Relevance
    • Listing Relevant Files in Emacs
  • Finding Anagrams in Text
  • Finding Palindromes in Text
  • Text Cut-Ups
    • Making Simple Text Cut-Ups
    • Making Random Word Cut-Ups
    • Making Cut-Ups in Emacs
• Formatting Text
  • Spacing Text
    • Eliminating Extra Spaces in Text
    • Single-Spacing Text
    • Double-Spacing Text
    • Triple-Spacing Text
    • Adding Line Breaks to Text
    • Adding Margins to Text
    • Swapping Tab and Space Characters
  • Paginating Text
    • Placing Headers on Each Page
    • Placing Text in Columns
    • Options Available When Paginating Text
  • Underlining Text
  • Sorting Text
  • Numbering Lines of Text
  • Reversing Text
• Searching Text
  • Searching for a Word or Phrase
  • Regular Expressions -- Matching Text Patterns
    • Matching Lines Beginning with Certain Text
    • Matching Lines Ending with Certain Text
    • Matching Lines of a Certain Length
    • Matching Lines That Contain Any of Some Regexps
    • Matching Lines That Contain All of Some Regexps
    • Matching Lines That Don't Contain a Regexp
    • Matching Lines That Only Contain Certain Characters
    • Finding Phrases Regardless of Spacing
    • Finding Patterns in Certain Contexts
    • Using a List of Regexps to Match From
    • Regexps for Common Situations
  • Searching More than Plain Text Files
    • Matching Lines in Compressed Files
    • Matching Lines in Web Pages
  • Outputting the Context of a Search
  • Searching and Replacing Text
  • Searching Text in Emacs
    • Searching Incrementally in Emacs
    • Searching for a Phrase in Emacs
    • Searching for a Regexp in Emacs
    • Searching and Replacing in Emacs
  • Searching Text in Less
• Typesetting and Word Processing
  • Choosing the Right Typesetting System for the Job
  • Converting Plain Text for Output
    • Outputting Text in a Font
    • Outputting Text as a Poster or Sign
    • Outputting Text with Language Highlighting
    • Outputting Text with Fancy Headers
    • Outputting Text in Landscape Orientation
    • Outputting Multiple Copies of Text
    • Selecting the Pages of Text to Output
    • Additional PostScript Output Options
  • LyX Document Processing
    • Features of LyX
    • Writing Documents with LyX
    • Learning More about LyX
  • Typesetting with TeX and Friends
    • Is It a TeX or LaTeX File?
    • Processing TeX Files
    • Processing LaTeX Files
    • Writing Documents with TeX and LaTeX
    • TeX and LaTeX Document Templates
  • Writing Documents with SGMLtools
    • Elements of an SGML Document
    • Checking SGML Document Syntax
    • Generating Output from SGML
  • Other Word Processors and Typesetting Systems
• Fonts
  • X Fonts
    • Selecting an X Font Name
    • Listing Available X Fonts
    • Displaying the Characters in an X Font
    • Resizing the Xterm Font
  • Console Fonts
    • Setting the Console Font
    • Displaying the Characters in a Console Font
  • Text Fonts
    • Horizontal Text Fonts
    • Making a Text Banner
  • Other Font Tools
• PART FOUR: Images
• Viewing Images
  • Previewing Print Files
    • Previewing a DVI File
    • Previewing a PostScript File
    • Previewing a PDF File
  • Viewing an Image in X
    • Browsing Image Collections in X
    • Putting an Image in the Root Window
  • Browsing Images in a Console
  • Viewing an Image in a Web Browser
  • Browsing PhotoCD Archives
  • Additional Image Viewers
• Editing Images
  • Transforming Images
    • Changing the Size of an Image
    • Rotating an Image
    • Adjusting the Colors of an Image
    • Annotating an Image
    • Adding Borders to an Image
    • Making an Image Montage
    • Combining Images
    • Morphing Two Images Together
  • Converting Images between Formats
  • Editing Images with the GIMP
  • Interactive Image Editors and Tools
• Importing Images
  • Taking Screen Shots
    • Taking a Screen Shot in X
    • Taking a Screen Shot in a Console
  • Scanning Images
    • Listing Available Scanner Devices
    • Testing a Scanner
    • Scanning an Image
  • Extracting PhotoCD Images
    • Converting a PhotoCD Image
    • Removing PhotoCD Haze
• PostScript
  • Manipulating PostScript Pages
    • Extracting DVI Pages to PostScript
    • Extracting Pages from a PostScript File
    • Combining PostScript Pages
    • Arranging PostScript Pages in Signatures
  • Manipulating PostScript Documents
    • Resizing a PostScript Document
    • Combining PostScript Documents
    • Arranging a PostScript Document in a Booklet
  • Converting PostScript
    • Converting PostScript to PDF
    • Converting PostScript to Plain Text
• PART FIVE: Sound
• Sound Files
  • Sound File Formats
  • Adjusting the Audio Controls
    • Listing the Current Audio Settings
    • Changing the Volume Level
    • Muting an Audio Device
    • Selecting an Audio Recording Source
  • Playing a Sound File
    • Playing an MP3 File
    • Playing a MIDI File
  • Recording a Sound File
  • Other Sound File Tools
• Audio Compact Discs
  • Controlling CD Audio
    • Playing an Audio CD
    • Pausing an Audio CD
    • Stopping an Audio CD
    • Shuffling Audio CD Tracks
    • Displaying Information about an Audio CD
    • Ejecting an Audio CD
  • Sampling Sound from a CD
  • Writing an Audio CD-R
  • Other Audio CD Applications
• Editing Sound Files
  • Working with Selections from Sound Files
    • Cutting Out Part of a Sound File
    • Pasting a Selection of Sound
    • Mixing Sound Files Together
  • Sound Effects
    • Changing the Amplitude of a Sound File
    • Changing the Sampling Rate of a Sound File
    • Adding Reverb to a Sound File
    • Adding Echo to a Sound File
    • Adding Flange to a Sound File
    • Adding Phase to a Sound File
    • Adding Chorus to a Sound File
    • Adding Vibro-Champ Effects to a Sound File
    • Reversing a Sound File
  • Converting Sound Files
    • Making an MP3 File
    • Converting MP3 to Another Format
  • Other Tools for Sound Editing
• PART SIX: Productivity
• Disk Storage
  • Listing a Disk's Free Space
  • Listing a File's Disk Usage
  • Floppy Disks
    • Formatting a Floppy Disk
    • Mounting a Floppy Disk
    • Unmounting a Floppy Disk
  • CD-ROMs
    • Mounting a CD-ROM
    • Unmounting a CD-ROM
• Printing
  • Making and Managing Print Jobs
    • Sending a Print Job to the Printer
    • Printing Multiple Copies of a Job
    • Listing Your Print Jobs
    • Cancelling a Print Job
  • More Recipes for Printing
    • Printing in Emacs
    • Printing with Dvips
    • Printing the Contents of an Xterm Window
  • Preparing Files for Printing
    • Preparing a PostScript File for Printing
    • Preparing a DVI File for Printing
    • Preparing a PDF File for Printing
    • Preparing a Man Page for Printing
• Cross-Platform Conversions
  • Using DOS and Windows Disks
    • Listing the Contents of a DOS Disk
    • Copying Files to and from a DOS Disk
    • Deleting Files on a DOS Disk
    • Formatting a DOS Disk
  • Using Macintosh Disks
    • Specifying the Macintosh Disk to Use
    • Listing the Contents of a Macintosh Disk
    • Copying Files to and from a Macintosh Disk
    • Deleting Files on a Macintosh Disk
    • Formatting a Macintosh Disk
  • Converting Text Files between DOS and Linux
  • Converting Microsoft Word Files
    • Converting Word to LaTeX
    • Converting Word to Plain Text
• Reminders
  • Displaying the Date and Time
  • Playing an Audible Time Announcement
  • Calendars
    • Displaying a Calendar
    • Displaying a Calendar in Emacs
  • Managing Appointments
    • Making an Appointment File
    • Including Holidays in Your Reminders
    • Automatic Appointment Delivery
  • Contact Managers
    • Keeping a Free-Form Address List
    • Keeping a Contact Manager Database
  • Reminding Yourself of Things
    • Sending Yourself Email Reminders
    • Reminding Yourself When You Have to Leave
    • Running a Command on a Delay
• Mathematics
  • Calculating Arithmetic
    • Making a Quick Arithmetic Calculation
    • Making Many Arithmetic Calculations
  • Outputting a Random Number
  • Listing a Sequence of Numbers
  • Finding Prime Factors
  • Converting Numbers
    • Converting an Amount between Units of Measurement
    • Converting an Arabic Numeral to English
  • Other Math Tools
• PART SEVEN: Networking
• Communications
  • Connecting to the Internet
    • Setting Up PPP
    • Controlling a PPP Connection
  • Faxing
    • Sending a Fax
    • Receiving a Fax
    • Receiving Faxes Automatically
    • Converting to and from Fax Format
  • Calling Out on a Modem
• Email
  • Sending Mail
    • Mailing a User on the Same System
    • Mailing a File or the Output of a Command
    • Mailing the Contents of a URL
    • Special Mail Composition Keystrokes
  • Receiving Mail
    • Deleting Mail
    • Options Available while Reading Mail
  • Managing Mail
    • Viewing a Mail Folder
    • Setting Notification for New Mail
    • Counting How Many Messages You Have
    • Seeing Who Your Mail Is From
    • Verifying an Email Address
  • Mail Attachments
    • Reading a Mail Attachment
    • Sending a Mail Attachment
  • Making an Email Signature
  • Picking the Right Mail Application
• The World Wide Web
  • Browsing the Web
    • Maintaining a List of Visited Web Sites
    • Opening a URL from a Script
    • Mozilla Browsing Tips
  • Viewing an Image from the Web
  • Reading Text from the Web
    • Perusing Text from the Web
    • Viewing a Site That Requires Authorization
    • Options Available while Browsing Text
  • Browsing the Web in Emacs
  • Getting Files from the Web
    • Saving a URL to a File
    • Archiving an Entire Web Site
    • Archiving Part of a Web Site
    • Reading the Headers of a Web Page
  • Writing HTML
    • Adding Parameters to Image Tags
    • Converting HTML to Another Format
    • Validating an HTML File
  • More Web Browsers and Tools
• Other Internet Services
  • Connecting to Another System
    • Suspending a Connection with Another System
    • Connecting to Another System with Encryption
  • Transferring Files with Another System
    • Uploading a File
    • Downloading a File
  • Reading Usenet
    • Choosing a Newsreader
    • Finding Newsgroups for a Topic
  • Listing Online System and User Activity
    • Checking Whether a System Is Online
    • Checking Whether a User Is Online
    • Listing Who Is Logged In to a System
    • Finding the IP Address of a Host Name
    • Finding the Host Name of an IP Address
    • Listing the Owner of a Domain Name
  • Sending a Message to Another User's Terminal
  • Chatting with Other Users
    • Chatting Directly with a User
    • Chatting with Users on IRC
    • Chatting with Users on ICQ
• Administrative Issues
  • Linux and Hardware Compatibility
  • Shutting Down the System
    • Shutting Down Immediately
    • Shutting Down at a Certain Time
    • Cancelling a Shutdown
  • Installing Software
    • Getting and Installing Debian
    • Installing a Debian Package
    • Upgrading a Debian Package
    • Installing a Shell Script
  • Administrating Users
    • Making a User Account
    • Letting Users Access Hardware Peripherals
    • Letting Users Mount Drives
  • Displaying Information about the System
    • How Long Has the System Been Up?
    • What Version of Linux Am I Running?
    • What Version of Debian Am I Running?
• Linux Resources on the Web
• License
  • Design Science License
  • Applying Copyleft to Your Work
• Program Index
• Concept Index