In this guide, the author of many Linux and UNIX books explains how to work with all recent versions of the Linux operating system from the command line. Introductory chapters introduce this open source software alternative to Microsoft Windows. For experienced users, Sobell offers practical examples, tutorials, tips, and resources on Linux tools. He includes a glossary and appended material on regular expressions used by various utilities, troubleshooting, and ways to keep the system updated. Web site support is available.

Part 1 The Linux Operation System
1 Welcome to Linux
2 Getting started
3 Command line utilities
4 The Linux filesystem
5 The shell

Part 2 The Editors
6 The vim editor
7 The emacs editor

Part 3 The Shells
8 The Bourne again shell
9 The TC shell

Part 4 Programming Tools
10 Programming tools
11 Programming the Bourne again shell
12 The gawk pattern processing language
13 The sed editor

Part 5 Command Reference
Command Reference

Part 6 Appendixes
A Regular Expressions
B Help
C Keeping The System Up-To-Date