Index

Numbers and Symbols

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See dot (.)

/

See forward slash (/)

-, command option designator

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>

>, redirect symbol

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Numbers and Symbols

!

See exclamation point (!)

#

See pound sign (#)

$

See dollar sign ($)

%

See percent sign (%)

&

See ampersand (&)

*

See asterisk (*)

:

See colon (:)

;

See semicolon (;)

?

See question mark (?)

@

See at sign (@)

\

See backslash (\)

^

See carat (^)

~

See tilde (~ )

-9 option (pkill command)

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.., parent directory

, , ,

+, mailx folder designator

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|, pipe symbol

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\, vi search command

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A

a command (vi)

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A command (vi)

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-a option

lpstat command

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ls command

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aborting

See canceling

absolute permissions

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accelerators

See keyboard equivalents

access control mechanisms

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accounts, defined

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Again operation, keyboard equivalent

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aging of passwords

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alias environment variable

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aliases

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aliases (mail)

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.mailrc file compared to /etc/aliases file

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defined

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private

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public

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sending messages to

.mailrc aliases

, ,

/etc/aliases aliases

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setting up

in /etc/aliases file

, ,

in .mailrc file

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aliases file

See /etc/aliases file

ampersand (&)

background symbol

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escaping

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mailx prompt

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metacharacter

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searching for

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appending text (vi)

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apropos command

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arrow keys, moving with (vi)

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asterisk (*)

grep command operator

, , ,

mailx saved-message designator

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metacharacter

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searching for

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wildcard character

changing permissions with

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copying files with

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deleting files with

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grep command

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vi search command

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at sign (@)

in email addresses

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in passwords

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-auth option (Xsun command)

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authorization protocols

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MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 authorization protocol

, , , , ,

SUN-DES-1 authorization protocol

, , , ,

autowrap, command entry and

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