Linux Utilities Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Linux Utilities Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Using the Terminal / Command Line -- Introduction -- Command retrieval and line editing -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using history -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Filename auto-completion -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- The shell prompt -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Other environment variables -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using aliases -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- The .bashrc file -- How to do it... -- Dealing with blanks and special characters in filenames -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Understanding the ? variable -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Redirection and piping -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Sending output from one terminal to another -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using the Screen program -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 2. The Desktop -- Introduction -- GNOME 2 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- KDE desktop -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- xfce -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- LXDE -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Unity -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Mate -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- 3. Files and Directories.

Introduction -- Understanding inodes and the superblock -- Copying, removing, and updating files and directories -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Finding files using find and locate -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Creating text files - vim, Emacs, and others -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Using the file command -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- How to do it... -- Using grep to find patterns -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Compressing files using ZIP and TAR -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Other helpful commands such as stat, sum, touch, and more -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- 4. Networking and the Internet -- Introduction -- Troubleshooting bad connections -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Copying files to another machine - FTP and SCP -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Logging into another machine - Telnet and Secure Shell -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Getting a web page without a browser - wget -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Browsing the web - Firefox -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- E-mail - Using a web mail program -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Running your own web server - httpd -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- What is using that port? The /etc/services file -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- IPv4 versus IPv6 -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- 5. Permissions, Access, and Security -- Introduction -- Creating and managing user accounts - useradd -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Working with passwords -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Working with file permissions -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more...

Working with the firewalls and router settings -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Working with Secure Linux - SELinux -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Using sudo to secure a system -- Getting ready... -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- The /tmp directory -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- 6. Processes -- Introduction -- Understanding processes -- How to do it… -- There's more... -- Examining processes with ps -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Examining processes using top -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Changing priorities with nice -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Observing a process using the /proc filesystem -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- 7. Disks and Partitioning -- Introduction -- Using fdisk -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Using mkfs to format a drive -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Using fsck to check the filesystem -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Logical Volume Management (LVM) -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Understanding different filesystems -- 8. Working with Scripts -- Introduction -- Removing text from a file -- How to do it... -- Script 1 - removing line numbers -- How it works… -- There's more... -- Using script parameters -- How to do it... -- Script 2 - parameters -- How it works… -- There's more... -- Coding a loop in a script -- How to do it... -- Script 3 - loops -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Backing up your system -- How to do it... -- Script 4 - making backups -- How it works... -- Locking a file for only one use at a time -- How to do it... -- Script 5 - file locking -- How it works... -- Getting introduced to Perl -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...

9. Automating Tasks Using Cron -- Introduction -- Creating and running a crontab file -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Running a command every other week -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Reporting the errors from a crontab file -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- 10. The Kernel -- Introduction -- A brief look at module commands -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Building a kernel from kernel.org -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Using xconfig to modify the configuration -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Working with GRUB -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Understanding GRUB 2 -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- A. Linux Best Practices -- Introduction -- Root user versus normal user -- Running the GUI -- Creating, verifying, and storing backups -- Permissions and who you are -- Making backups in real time -- Environment variables and shells -- The best environment -- Using and monitoring a UPS -- Being careful when copying files -- Verifying archive files and using checksums -- Firewalls, router settings, and security -- What to do if you find an intrusion -- Spaces in filenames -- Using scripts and aliases to save time and effort -- Using scp and ssh with automatic authentication -- Saving history and taking screenshots -- Space on drives -- Being open to new ideas -- B. Finding Help -- Introduction -- Using man pages -- Using the info command -- Commands and the Usage section -- Local documentation directories -- Browsing the web to find help -- Distribution release notes -- Linux users' groups -- Internet Relay Chat (IRC) -- Index.