Linux In A Nutshell

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Everything you need to know about Linux is in this book. Written by Stephen Figgins Ellen Siever Robert Love & Arnold Robbins -- people with many years of active participation in the Linux community -- Linux in a Nutshell Sixth Edition thoroughly covers programming tools system & network administration tools the shell editors & LILO & GRUB boot loaders. This updated edition offers a tighter focus on Linux system essentials as well as more coverage of new capabilities such as virtualization wireless network management & revision control with git. It also highlights the most important options for using the vast number of Linux commands. Youll find many helpful new tips & techniques in this reference whether youre new to this operating system or have been using it for years. * Get the Linux commands for system administration & network management * Use hundreds of the most important shell commands available on Linux * Understand the Bash shell comm&-line interpreter * Search & process text with regular expressions * Manage your servers via virtualization with Xen & VMware * Use the Emacs text editor & development environment as well as the vi ex & vim text-manipulation tools * Process text files with the sed editor & the gawk programming language * Manage source code with Subversion & git