Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background and History
1.2 What to Try First
1.3 If You Need More Help
Chapter 2 What Every Linux User Knows
2.1 Controlling Power to the System
2.2 Accounts and Privileges
2.3 Console Basics
2.4 Running a Command
2.5 Changing Your Password
2.6 Listing User Activity
2.7 Listing System Activity
2.8 Help Facilities
Chapter 3 The Shell
3.1 Keys for Command Line Editing
3.2 Redirecting Input and Output
3.3 Managing Jobs
3.4 Command History
3.5 Recording a Shell Session
3.6 Customizing Your Shell
Chapter 4 The X Window System
4.1 Running X
4.2 Running a Program in X
4.3 Manipulating X Client Windows
4.4 Moving around the Desktop
4.5 Running a Shell in X
4.6 Configuring X
PART TWO: Files
Chapter 5 Files and Directories
5.1 Naming Files and Directories
5.2 Changing Directories
5.3 Listing Directories
5.4 Copying Files and Directories
5.5 Moving Files and Directories
5.6 Removing Files and Directories
5.7 Giving a File More than One Name
5.8 Specifying File Names with Patterns
5.9 Browsing Files
Chapter 6 Sharing Files
6.1 Groups and How to Work in Them
6.2 File Ownership
6.3 Controlling Access to Files
Chapter 7 Finding Files
7.1 Finding All Files That Match a Pattern
7.2 Finding Files in a Directory Tree
7.3 Finding Files in Directory Listings
7.4 Finding Where a Command Is Located
8 Managing Files
8.1 Determining File Type and Format .
8.2 Changing File Modification Time
8.3 Splitting a File into Smaller Ones
8.4 Comparing Files
8.5 Compressed Files
8.6 File Archives
8.7 Tracking Revisions to a File
PART THREE: Text
Chapter 9 Viewing Text
9.1 Perusing Text
9.2 Outputting Text
9.3 Streaming Text
9.4 Viewing a Character Chart
Chapter 10 Text Editing
10.1 Choosing the Perfect Text Editor
10.2 Emacs
10.3 Running a Vi Tutorial
10.4 Selecting Text
10.5 Editing Streams of Text
10.6 Concatenating Text
10.7 Including Text Files
Chapter 11 Grammar and Reference
11.1 Spelling
11.2 Dictionaries
11.3 Checking Grammar
11.4 Word Lists and Reference Files
Chapter 12 Analyzing Text
12.1 Counting Text
12.2 Making a Concordance of a Text
12.3 Text Relevance
12.4 Finding Anagrams in Text
12.5 Finding Palindromes in Text
12.6 Text Cut-Ups
Chapter 13 Formatting Text
13.1 Spacing Text
13.2 Paginating Text
13.3 Underlining Text
13.4 Sorting Text
13.5 Numbering Lines of Text
13.6 Reversing Text
Chapter 14 Searching Text
14.1 Searching for a Word or Phrase
14.2 Regular Expressions—Matching Text Patterns
14.3 Searching More than Plain Text Files
14.4 Outputting the Context of a Search
14.5 Searching and Replacing Text
14.6 Searching Text in Emacs
14.7 Searching Text in Less
Chapter 15 Typesetting and Word Processing
15.1 Choosing the Right Typesetting System for the Job
15.2 Converting Plain Text for Output
15.3 LyX Document Processing
15.4 Typesetting with TEX and Friends
15.5 Writing Documents with SGMLtools
15.6 Other Word Processors and Typesetting Systems
Chapter 16 Fonts
16.1 X Fonts
16.2 Console Fonts
16.3 Text Fonts
16.4 Other Font Tools
PART FOUR: Images
Chapter 17 Viewing Images
17.1 Previewing Print Files
17.2 Viewing an Image in X
17.3 Browsing Images in a Console
17.4 Viewing an Image in a Web Browser
17.5 Browsing PhotoCD Archives
17.6 Additional Image Viewers
Chapter 18 Editing Images
18.1 Transforming Images
18.2 Converting Images between Formats
18.3 Editing Images with the GIMP
18.4 Interactive Image Editors and Tools
Chapter 19 Importing Images
19.1 Taking Screen Shots
19.2 Scanning Images
19.3 Extracting PhotoCD Images
Chapter 20 PostScript
20.1 Manipulating PostScript Pages
20.2 Manipulating PostScript Documents
20.3 Converting PostScript
PART FIVE: Sound
Chapter 21 Sound Files
21.1 Sound File Formats
21.2 Adjusting the Audio Controls
21.3 Playing a Sound File .
21.4 Recording a Sound File
21.5 Other Sound File Tools
Chapter 22 Audio Compact Discs
22.1 Controlling CD Audio
22.2 Sampling Sound from a CD
22.3 Writing an Audio CD-R
22.4 Other Audio CD Applications
Chapter 23 Editing Sound Files
23.1 Working with Selections from Sound Files
23.2 Sound Effects
23.3 Converting Sound Files
23.4 Other Tools for Sound Editing
PART SIX: Productivity
Chapter 24 Disk Storage
24.1 Listing a Disk’s Free Space
24.2 Listing a File’s Disk Usage
24.3 Floppy Disks
24.4 CD-ROMs
Chapter 25 Printing
25.1 Making and Managing Print Jobs
25.2 More Recipes for Printing
25.3 Preparing Files for Printing
Chapter 26 Cross-Platform Conversions
26.1 Using DOS and Windows Disks
26.2 Using Macintosh Disks
26.3 Converting Text Files between DOS and Linux
26.4 Converting Microsoft Word Files
Chapter 27 Reminders
27.1 Displaying the Date and Time
27.2 Playing an Audible Time Announcement
27.3 Calendars
27.4 Managing Appointments
27.5 Contact Managers
27.6 Reminding Yourself of Things.
Chapter 28 Mathematics
28.1 Calculating Arithmetic
28.2 Outputting a Random Number
28.3 Listing a Sequence of Numbers
28.4 Finding Prime Factors
28.5 Converting Numbers
28.6 Other Math Tools
PART SEVEN: Networking
Chapter 29 Communications
29.1 Connecting to the Internet
29.2 Faxing
29.3 Calling Out on a Modem
Chapter 30 Email
30.1 Sending Mail
30.2 Receiving Mail
30.3 Managing Mail
30.4 Mail Attachments
30.5 Making an Email Signature
30.6 Picking the Right Mail Application
Chapter 31 The World Wide Web
31.1 Browsing the Web
31.2 Viewing an Image from the Web
31.3 Reading Text from the Web
31.4 Browsing the Web in Emacs
31.5 Getting Files from the Web
31.6 Writing HTML
31.7 More Web Browsers and Tools
Chapter 32 Other Internet Services
32.1 Connecting to Another System
32.2 Transferring Files with Another System
32.3 Reading Usenet
32.4 Listing Online System and User Activity
32.5 Sending a Message to Another User’s Terminal
32.6 Chatting with Other Users
Appendix A Administrative Issues
A.1 Linux and Hardware Compatibility
A.2 Installing Software
A.3 Administrating Users
A.4 Displaying Information about the System
Appendix B Linux Resources on the Web
Appendix C License
Program Index
Concept Index