Red Hat Linux 7.1
The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide
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- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- I. The Basics
- II. Intermediate Tasks
- 10. Shell Prompt Basics
- Why Use a Shell Prompt?
- The History of the Shell
- Bash Environment Variables
- Creating a Boot Disk
- Use Man Pages for Information
- Determining Your Current Directory with pwd
- Changing Directories with cd
- View Directory Contents with ls
- Locating Files and Directories
- Clear and Reset the Window
- View, Redirect, and Append Files with cat
- Pipes
- More Basic Commands for Reading Text Files
- Command History and Tab Completion
- Stringing Commands Together
- Ownership and Permissions
- Changing Permissions With Numbers
- 11. Managing Files and Directories
- 12. Updating With Red Hat Network and Red Hat Errata
- III. Q & A
- 13. Frequently Asked Questions
- Using a Diskette
- Putting Linux Files on a Windows Disk
- Switching Environments
- Shutting Down
- Error Messages During Installation of RPMs
- Starting Applications
- Accessing a Windows Partition
- Finding Commands Quickly
- Keep ls Output from Scrolling
- Tips on Using Command History
- Forgotten Password
- Using All Available RAM
- Removing Red Hat Linux
- Changing Login from Console to X at Startup
- Configuring X
- IV. Appendixes
- Index