Terminal View


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Terminal View was written during 1996 and 1997. Looking back this was perhaps one of the most benign periods of the twentieth Century, a time when confidence in our globalised, media friendly, e-enabled future was at an all time high. This was a time when many of the people parodied in this book were working overtime to maintain the veil of trust and respectability we were then so fervently buying into. A trust and respectability which, at this stage in 2002, is quite rapidly and correctly being fed through history’s shredder. There have been many serious books written on the subject of globalisation and the way big business is stealing an ever increasing slice of our lives, but Terminal View simply sets out to poke fun at the issues, treating the subject matter and its participants with the humour and contempt they deserve. The text is unmistakably British in style, for which I make no apologies.













The Linux Command Line, 2nd Edition


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You've experienced the shiny, point-and-click surface of your Linux computer--now dive below and explore its depths with the power of the command line. 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.




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Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide


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Unlock the secrets of the Terminal and discover how this powerful tool solves problems the Finder can't handle. With this handy guide, you'll learn commands for a variety of tasks, such as killing programs that refuse to quit, renaming a large batch of files in seconds, or running jobs in the background while you do other work. Get started with an easy-to-understand overview of the Terminal and its partner, the shell. Then dive into commands neatly arranged into two dozen categories, including directory operations, file comparisons, and network connections. Each command includes a concise description of its purpose and features. Log into your Mac from remote locations Search and modify files in powerful ways Schedule jobs for particular days and times Let several people use one Mac at the same time Compress and uncompress files in a variety of formats View and manipulate Mac OS X processes Combine multiple commands to perform complex operations Download and install additional commands from the Internet