The Command Line Interface (CLI) is your window into the soul of Linux. At the CLI, you learn how Linux thinks and why it behaves as it does. However, the CLI has a reputation for being difficult to learn and tends to frighten the uninitiated. In CLI for Noobies, Joe Barr explains why the CLI provides the easiest, quickest way to do whatever needs to be done. This book is aimed directly at those just coming to Linux from other environments and covers topics that will make them more comfortable running Linux on their desktop. Topics include Shell commands, applications and tools, networking and security, as well as fun and games.
Table of Contents:
Preface
SECTION 1: In the Shell
1What the Hell is a Shell?
2Alias, Cat, Grep, and Pipe
3All About Files
4Man for Hier: The File System Hierarchy
5Everything's a File
6Helpful Tips and Tricks
7Permissions: Mother, May I?
8Directory Assistance, How May I Help You?
9what is apropos?
10background, foreground, suspend
11Watch That File
12Sudo Voodoo
13Test This Command
14Not Your Father's Batch
15Need Redirection?
16Sort Like This
17Symbolic Links
18Taming a Wild Mount
19Sharing More with Sysctl
20Pimp Your Prompt
21Environmental Issues
22The Lowdown on Top
23Who Sed That?
24Shutdown
25ldconfig and Friends
26locate, slocate, and rlocate
27Information, Please
28GNU Find
29lsof
30Shell Programming
SECTION 2: Applications and Tools
31Making and Melting tarballs
32The Magic Mantra: configure, make, and make install
33Got Backup?
34Don't Forget a Birthday
35cal and calendar
36CheckInstall
37Hack the Comment
38Lay Down the Law with Edict
39Hdparm and the Zen of Data Transfer
40Hexdump Unlocks Mysteries
41Ispell
42Surfing with Lynx
43A Little Mirdir, My Dear?
44Import, Display, Mogrify
45Rec, Play, and Nice
46Say What, Saytime
47Antiword
48Looking for Strings in all the Wrong Places
49Recycle Your Shell
SECTION 3: Networking and Security
50Dig ifconfig and Ping
51FTP Moves Files
52The Key to GnuPG
53Sending and Reading Secret Mail
54Cryptographic Signatures
55OpenSSH
56Passwd and Passwords
57John the Ripper
58Route
59More About ifconfig
60Netcat
61Tcpdump
62The Word on Wget
63Rsync for Backups
64Trojanscan
SECTION 4: Fun and Games
65Aldo Talks in Code
66Three Clocks for the CLI
67Have Fun with ESR
68Let's Play Go!
69Mmmm Pizza
Index
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About the Author :
Joe Barr started his programming career in 1974, acquired his first personal computer in 1980, and has been writing about personal computing, Linux, and open source since the early 1990s. He wrote for IDG at LinuxWorld.com and ITWorld.com from 1998 through 2003 and was awarded the ASBPE 2001 Silver Medal for Best Web Commentary for his piece entitled “Dumbing Down Linux.” He has been on staff at OSTG, writing for NewsForge.com and Linux.com, since 2003.
