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Chapter 1. Login Names, System IDs, and Passwords

Chapter 2. User Environment and System Information

Chapter 3. Commands and Processes

Chapter 4. Input and Output Redirection

Standard Input, Standard Output, and Standard Error

Redirecting Standard Output

Redirecting Output to a File

Redirecting Output and Appending It to a File

Creating a Text File with Redirection from the Keyboard

Concatenating Text Files

Redirecting Standard Input

Discarding Output with the /dev/null File

Redirecting Standard Error and Other Output

Inline Input (Here) Documents

Pipes and Filters

Displaying Program Output and Copying It to a File (tee command)

Clearing Your Screen (clear Command)

Sending a Message to Standard Output (echo Command)

Appending a Single Line of Text to a File (echo Command)

Copying Your Screen to a File (capture and script Commands)

Displaying Text in Large Letters on Your Screen (banner Command)

Command Summary for Input and Output Redirection

Chapter 5. File Systems and Directories

Chapter 6. Files

Chapter 7. Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues

Chapter 8. Backup Files and Storage Media

Chapter 9. File and System Security

Chapter 10. Customizing the User Environment

Chapter 11. Shells

Chapter 12. Miscellaneous Tools and Utilities

Chapter 13. Documentation Library Service

Appendix A. Accessing Information with InfoExplorer

Appendix B. Notices

Index