The Linux Command Line
A Complete Introduction
by William Shotts
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In addition to that practical knowledge, author William Shotts reveals the philosophy behind these tools and the rich heritage that your desktop Linux machine has inherited from Unix supercomputers of yore.
As you make your way through the book's short, easily-digestible chapters, you'll learn how to:
- Create and delete files, directories, and symlinks
- Administer your system, including networking, package installation, and process management
- Use standard input and output, redirection, and pipelines
- Edit files with Vi, the world's most popular text editor
- Write shell scripts to automate common or boring tasks
- Slice and dice text files with cut, paste, grep, patch, and sed
Once you overcome your initial "shell shock," you'll find that the command line is a natural and expressive way to communicate with your computer. Just don't be surprised if your mouse starts to gather dust. 
Book Description
The Linux Command Line takes you from your very first terminal keystrokes to writing full programs in Bash, the most popular Linux shell (or command line). Along the way you'll learn the timeless skills handed down by generations of experienced, mouse-shunning gurus: file navigation, environment configuration, command chaining, pattern matching with regular expressions, and more.In addition to that practical knowledge, author William Shotts reveals the philosophy behind these tools and the rich heritage that your desktop Linux machine has inherited from Unix supercomputers of yore.
As you make your way through the book's short, easily-digestible chapters, you'll learn how to:
- Create and delete files, directories, and symlinks
- Administer your system, including networking, package installation, and process management
- Use standard input and output, redirection, and pipelines
- Edit files with Vi, the world's most popular text editor
- Write shell scripts to automate common or boring tasks
- Slice and dice text files with cut, paste, grep, patch, and sed
Once you overcome your initial "shell shock," you'll find that the command line is a natural and expressive way to communicate with your computer. Just don't be surprised if your mouse starts to gather dust.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND). You can download The Linux Command Line ebook for free in PDF format (2.2 MB).
Table of Contents
Part 1
Learning the Shell
Chapter 1
What Is the Shell?
Chapter 2
Navigation
Chapter 3
Exploring the System
Chapter 4
Manipulating Files and Directories
Chapter 5
Working with Commands
Chapter 6
Redirection
Chapter 7
Seeing the World as the Shell Sees It
Chapter 8
Advanced Keyboard Tricks
Chapter 9
Permissions
Chapter 10
Processes
Part 2
Configuration and the Environment
Chapter 11
The Environment
Chapter 12
A Gentle Introduction to vi
Chapter 13
Customizing the Prompt
Part 3
Common Tasks and Essential Tools
Chapter 14
Package Management
Chapter 15
Storage Media
Chapter 16
Networking
Chapter 17
Searching for Files
Chapter 18
Archiving and Backup
Chapter 19
Regular Expressions
Chapter 20
Text Processing
Chapter 21
Formatting Output
Chapter 22
Printing
Chapter 23
Compiling Programs
Part 4
Writing Shell Scripts
Chapter 24
Writing Your First Script
Chapter 25
Starting a Project
Chapter 26
Top-Down Design
Chapter 27
Flow Control: Branching with if
Chapter 28
Reading Keyboard Input
Chapter 29
Flow Control: Looping with while / until
Chapter 30
Troubleshooting
Chapter 31
Flow Control: Branching with case
Chapter 32
Positional Parameters
Chapter 33
Flow Control: Looping with for
Chapter 34
Strings and Numbers
Chapter 35
Arrays
Chapter 36
Exotica
Book Details
Title
The Linux Command Line
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
No Starch Press
Published
2019
Pages
555
Edition
5
Language
English
ISBN13 Digital
9781593279523
ISBN10 Digital
1593279523
PDF Size
2.2 MB
License
Reviews / Comments
Mesfin
- Best book !!!
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