This book is for anyone who wants to master Linux from the command line. When writing it, I had in mind system administrators, software developers, and enthusiastic users who want to get things going from the Linux command line. For beginning users, this may be a daunting task, as Linux commands often have many options documented only in man pages that are not that easy to understand. | THE EXPERT S VOICE IN OPEN SOURCE Beginning the Linux Command Line Learn how to put the command line to work to manage files administer users and groups install new software run network services and create basic shell scripts. Sander van Vugt Apress Beginning the Linux Command Line Sander van Vugt Apress Beginning the Linux Command Line Copyright 2009 by Sander van Vugt All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or by any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. ISBN-13 pbk 978-1-4302-1889-0 ISBN-13 electronic 978-1-4302-1890-6 Printed and bound in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Trademarked names may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name we use the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Lead Editor Michelle Lowman Technical Reviewer Mary Ann C. Tan Editorial Board Clay Andres Steve Anglin Mark Beckner Ewan Buckingham Tony Campbell Gary Cornell Jonathan Gennick Michelle Lowman Matthew Moodie Jeffrey Pepper Frank Pohlmann Ben Renow-Clarke Dominic Shakeshaft Matt Wade Tom Welsh Project Manager Beth Christmas Copy Editor Ami Knox Associate Production Director Kari Brooks-Copony Production Editor Elizabeth Berry Compositor Linda Weidemann Wolf Creek Publishing Services Proofreader Nancy Sixsmith Indexer Brenda Miller Odessa Cie Artist April Milne Cover Designer Kurt Krames Manufacturing Director Tom Debolski Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 233 Spring Street 6th Floor New York NY 10013. Phone 1-800-SPRINGER fax 201-348-4505 e-mail orders-ny@ or visit http . For information on translations please contact Apress directly at 2855 Telegraph
