What’s in This Book? This book is a short guide, not a comprehensive reference. We cover important, useful aspects of Linux so you can work productively. We do not, however, present every single command and every last option (our apologies if your favorite was omitted), nor delve into detail about operating system internals. Short, sweet, and essential, that’s our motto. We focus on commands, those pesky little words you type on a command line to tell a Linux system what to do. Here’s an example command that counts lines of text in a file, myfile:. | Linux O REILLY Linux Pocket Guide If you use Linux every day this popular pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job companion. The second edition has expanded from Fedora-only coverage to distro-neutral with practical information on a wider range of commands requested by readers. For novices who need to get up to speed and experienced users who want a concise and functional reference. Linux Pocket Guide provides answers you can look up quickly. The book also provides an organized learning path for Linux use including the most useful commands and options grouped by functionality. Selected topics include The filesystem and shell File creation and editing Text manipulation and pipelines Backups and remote storage Viewing and controlling processes User account management Becoming the superuser Network connections Audio and video Installing software Programming with shell scripts Daniel J. Barrett . has been a software engineer system administrator and humorist for over 25 years. He has written numerous O Reilly books including SSH The Secure shell The Definitive Guide MediaWiki and Linux Security Cookbook. Twitter @oreillymedia oreilly US CAN ISBN 978-1-449-31669-3 SECOND EDITION Linux Pocket Guide Daniel J. Barrett o REILLY Beijing Cambridge Farnham Koln Sebastopol .
