The Linux Cookbook Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use

Featuring hundreds of new Linux RRecipes for Everyday Use, S this second edition


is the power user's guide to getting the most out of Linux. Organized by general


task (such as working with text, managing files, and manipulating graphics),


each section contains a series of step-by-step recipes that help the reader get


work done quickly and efficiently, most often from the command line.

Table Of Contents

I Working with Linux 1


1 Introduction 3


2 What every Linux user knows 27


3 The shell 53


4 The X window system 95


II Files 123


5 Files and directories 125


6 Sharing files 163


7 Finding files 171


8 Managing files 187


III Text 209


9 Viewing text 211


10 Editing text 231


11 Grammar and reference 275


12 Analyzing text 293


13 Formatting text 305


14 Searching text 333


15 Typesetting and word processing 357


16 Using fonts 395


IV Images 405


17 Viewing images 407


18 Editing images 421


19 Importing images 441


20 PostScript 451


V Sound 461


21 Playing and recording sound 463


22 Audio compact discs 477


23 Editing sound files 487


VI Productivity 499


24 Disk storage 501


25 Printing 509


26 Cross-platform conversions 525


27 Reminders 537


28 Scheduling 555


29 Mathematics 561


30 Amusements 583


VII Networking 595


31 Communications 597


32 Email 611


33 The World Wide Web 637


34 Other Internet services 671


Appendices 697


App. A Administrative issues 699


App. B Conventional file name extensions 723


App. C Setting up your home directory 727

Product Details

* ISBN: 1593270313


* ISBN-13: 9781593270315


* Format: Paperback, 824pp


* Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated


* Pub. Date: August 2004


* Edition : Subsequent


* Edition Number: 2