The Linux Cookbook, Great book by Michael Stutz
Free book uses open source resource resources to write the book. The book contains some out dated FAQs, inconsistent how to’s. He has put everything in such a way that, user can uses this book in almost every destro. The chapters are well organized and nicely covered with every aspects of Linux. Nice book for beginners and intermediates.
Linux System Administrator's Guide, Lars Wirzenius, Joanna Oja, Stephen Stafford, Alex WeeksOnline Linux book covers file system, disk uses, memory management, system monitoring, managing users and task automation. Linux book leaves out parts of the system administration, like security and managing servers from remote location nor the installation process and best practices. Free Linux book is a start but not written as a complete book for Linux System Administrators.
Preface
Format of Recipes
Assumptions, Scope, and Exclusions
Typographical Conventions
Versions, Latest Edition, and Errata
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: Working with Linux
Introduction
Background and History
What's Unix?
What's Free Software?
What's Open Source?
What's Linux?
What's Debian?
Unix and the Tools Philosophy
What to Try First
If You Need More Help
What Every Linux User Knows
Controlling Power to the System
Powering Up the System
Turning Off the System
Accounts and Privileges
Logging In to the System
Logging Out of the System
Console Basics
Switching between Consoles
Scrolling the Console Text
Keys for Console Manipulation
Running a Command
Changing Your Password
Listing User Activity
Listing Your Username
Listing Who Is on the System
Listing Who Is on and What They're Doing
Listing the Last Times a User Logged In
Listing System Activity
Listing Your Current Processes
Listing All of a User's Processes
Listing All Processes on the System
Listing Processes by Name or Number
Help Facilities
Finding the Right Tool for the Job
Listing a Description of a Program
Listing the Usage of a Tool
Reading a Page from the System Manual
Using the GNU Info System
Reading System Documentation and Help Files
The Shell
Keys for Command Line Editing
Passing Special Characters to Commands
Letting the Shell Complete What You Type
Repeating the Last Command You Typed
Running a List of Commands
Redirecting Input and Output
Redirecting Input to a File
Redirecting Output to a File
Redirecting Error Messages to a File
Redirecting Output to Another Command's Input
Managing Jobs
Suspending a Job
Putting a Job in the Background
Putting a Job in the Foreground
Listing Your Jobs
Stopping a Job
Command History
Viewing Your Command History
Specifying a Command from Your History
Recording a Shell Session
Customizing Your Shell
Changing the Shell Prompt
Making a Command Alias
Adding to Your Path
Customizing Future Shells
The X Window System
Running X
Starting X
Stopping X
Running a Program in X
Specifying Window Size and Location
Specifying Window Colors
Specifying Window Font
Specifying Additional Window Attributes
Manipulating X Client Windows
Moving a Window
Resizing a Window
Destroying a Window
Minimizing a Window
Maximizing a Window
Moving around the Desktop
Running a Shell in X
Configuring X
Switching between Video Modes
Running X Clients Automatically
Changing the Root Window Parameters
Choosing a Window Manager
PART TWO: Files
Files and Directories
Naming Files and Directories
Making an Empty File
Making a Directory
Making a Directory Tree
Changing Directories
Changing to Your Home Directory
Changing to the Last Directory You Visited
Getting the Name of the Current Directory
Listing Directories
Listing File Attributes
Listing Directories Recursively
Listing Newest Files First
Listing Hidden Files
Listing Directories in Color
Listing Directory Tree Graphs
Additional Directory Listing Options
Copying Files and Directories
Moving Files and Directories
Changing File Names to Lowercase
Renaming Multiple Files with the Same Extension
Removing Files and Directories
Removing a File with a Strange Name
A Safe Way to Remove a File
Giving a File More than One Name
Specifying File Names with Patterns
Browsing Files
Sharing Files
Groups and How to Work in Them
Listing the Groups a User Belongs To
Listing the Members of a Group
File Ownership
Determining the Ownership of a File
Changing the Ownership of a File
Controlling Access to Files
Listing the Permissions of a File
Changing the Permissions of a File
Write-Protecting a File
Making a File Private
Making a File Public
Making a File Executable
Finding Files
Finding All Files That Match a Pattern
Finding Files in a Directory Tree
Finding Files in a Directory Tree by Name
Finding Files in a Directory Tree by Size
Finding Files in a Directory Tree by Modification Time
Finding Files in a Directory Tree by Owner
Running Commands on the Files You Find
Finding Files by Multiple Criteria
Finding Files in Directory Listings
Finding the Largest Files in a Directory
Finding the Smallest Files in a Directory
Finding the Smallest Directories
Finding the Largest Directories
Finding the Number of Files in a Listing
Finding Where a Command Is Located
Managing Files
Determining File Type and Format
Changing File Modification Time
Splitting a File into Smaller Ones
Comparing Files
Determining Whether Two Files Differ
Finding the Differences between Files
Patching a File with a Difference Report
Compressed Files
Compressing a File
Decompressing a File
File Archives
Creating a File Archive
Listing the Contents of an Archive
Extracting Files from an Archive
Tracking Revisions to a File
Checking In a File Revision
Checking Out a File Revision
Viewing a File's Revision Log
PART THREE: Text
Viewing Text
Perusing Text
Perusing a Text File
Perusing Multiple Text Files
Commands Available While Perusing Text
Outputting Text
Showing Non-printing Characters
Outputting a Beginning Part of a Text
Outputting an Ending Part of a Text
Outputting a Middle Part of a Text
Outputting the Text between Strings
Outputting Text in a Dialect
Streaming Text
Viewing a Character Chart
Text Editing
Choosing the Perfect Text Editor
Emacs
Getting Acquainted with Emacs
Basic Emacs Editing Keys
Making Abbreviations in Emacs
Recording and Running Macros in Emacs
Inserting Special Characters in Emacs
Running a Vi Tutorial
Selecting Text
Cutting Text
Pasting Text
Editing Streams of Text
Concatenating Text
Writing Text to Files
Appending Text to a File
Inserting Text at the Beginning of a File
Including Text Files
Grammar and Reference
Spelling
Finding the Correct Spelling of a Word
Listing the Misspellings in a Text
Keeping a Spelling Word List
Interactive Spell Checking
Spell Checking in Emacs
Dictionaries
Listing Words that Match a Pattern
Listing the Definitions of a Word
Listing the Synonyms of a Word
Listing the Antonyms of a Word
Listing the Hypernyms of a Word
Online Dictionaries
Checking Grammar
Checking Text for Misused Phrases
Checking Text for Doubled Words
Checking Text for Readability
Checking Text for Difficult Sentences
Checking Text for Long Sentences
Word Lists and Reference Files
Analyzing Text
Counting Text
Counting the Characters in a Text
Counting the Words in a Text
Counting the Lines in a Text
Counting the Occurrences of Something
Counting Lines per Page in Emacs
Making a Concordance of a Text
Text Relevance
Sorting Text in Order of Relevance
Listing Relevant Files in Emacs
Finding Anagrams in Text
Finding Palindromes in Text
Text Cut-Ups
Making Simple Text Cut-Ups
Making Random Word Cut-Ups
Making Cut-Ups in Emacs
Formatting Text
Spacing Text
Eliminating Extra Spaces in Text
Single-Spacing Text
Double-Spacing Text
Triple-Spacing Text
Adding Line Breaks to Text
Adding Margins to Text
Swapping Tab and Space Characters
Paginating Text
Placing Headers on Each Page
Placing Text in Columns
Options Available When Paginating Text
Underlining Text
Sorting Text
Numbering Lines of Text
Reversing Text
Searching Text
Searching for a Word or Phrase
Regular Expressions -- Matching Text Patterns
Matching Lines Beginning with Certain Text
Matching Lines Ending with Certain Text
Matching Lines of a Certain Length
Matching Lines That Contain Any of Some Regexps
Matching Lines That Contain All of Some Regexps
Matching Lines That Don't Contain a Regexp
Matching Lines That Only Contain Certain Characters
Finding Phrases Regardless of Spacing
Finding Patterns in Certain Contexts
Using a List of Regexps to Match From
Regexps for Common Situations
Searching More than Plain Text Files
Matching Lines in Compressed Files
Matching Lines in Web Pages
Outputting the Context of a Search
Searching and Replacing Text
Searching Text in Emacs
Searching Incrementally in Emacs
Searching for a Phrase in Emacs
Searching for a Regexp in Emacs
Searching and Replacing in Emacs
Searching Text in Less
Typesetting and Word Processing
Choosing the Right Typesetting System for the Job
Converting Plain Text for Output
Outputting Text in a Font
Outputting Text as a Poster or Sign
Outputting Text with Language Highlighting
Outputting Text with Fancy Headers
Outputting Text in Landscape Orientation
Outputting Multiple Copies of Text
Selecting the Pages of Text to Output
Additional PostScript Output Options
LyX Document Processing
Features of LyX
Writing Documents with LyX
Learning More about LyX
Typesetting with TeX and Friends
Is It a TeX or LaTeX File?
Processing TeX Files
Processing LaTeX Files
Writing Documents with TeX and LaTeX
TeX and LaTeX Document Templates
Writing Documents with SGMLtools
Elements of an SGML Document
Checking SGML Document Syntax
Generating Output from SGML
Other Word Processors and Typesetting Systems
Fonts
X Fonts
Selecting an X Font Name
Listing Available X Fonts
Displaying the Characters in an X Font
Resizing the Xterm Font
Console Fonts
Setting the Console Font
Displaying the Characters in a Console Font
Text Fonts
Horizontal Text Fonts
Making a Text Banner
Other Font Tools
PART FOUR: Images
Viewing Images
Previewing Print Files
Previewing a DVI File
Previewing a PostScript File
Previewing a PDF File
Viewing an Image in X
Browsing Image Collections in X
Putting an Image in the Root Window
Browsing Images in a Console
Viewing an Image in a Web Browser
Browsing PhotoCD Archives
Additional Image Viewers
Editing Images
Transforming Images
Changing the Size of an Image
Rotating an Image
Adjusting the Colors of an Image
Annotating an Image
Adding Borders to an Image
Making an Image Montage
Combining Images
Morphing Two Images Together
Converting Images between Formats
Editing Images with the GIMP
Interactive Image Editors and Tools
Importing Images
Taking Screen Shots
Taking a Screen Shot in X
Taking a Screen Shot in a Console
Scanning Images
Listing Available Scanner Devices
Testing a Scanner
Scanning an Image
Extracting PhotoCD Images
Converting a PhotoCD Image
Removing PhotoCD Haze
PostScript
Manipulating PostScript Pages
Extracting DVI Pages to PostScript
Extracting Pages from a PostScript File
Combining PostScript Pages
Arranging PostScript Pages in Signatures
Manipulating PostScript Documents
Resizing a PostScript Document
Combining PostScript Documents
Arranging a PostScript Document in a Booklet
Converting PostScript
Converting PostScript to PDF
Converting PostScript to Plain Text
PART FIVE: Sound
Sound Files
Sound File Formats
Adjusting the Audio Controls
Listing the Current Audio Settings
Changing the Volume Level
Muting an Audio Device
Selecting an Audio Recording Source
Playing a Sound File
Playing an MP3 File
Playing a MIDI File
Recording a Sound File
Other Sound File Tools
Audio Compact Discs
Controlling CD Audio
Playing an Audio CD
Pausing an Audio CD
Stopping an Audio CD
Shuffling Audio CD Tracks
Displaying Information about an Audio CD
Ejecting an Audio CD
Sampling Sound from a CD
Writing an Audio CD-R
Other Audio CD Applications
Editing Sound Files
Working with Selections from Sound Files
Cutting Out Part of a Sound File
Pasting a Selection of Sound
Mixing Sound Files Together
Sound Effects
Changing the Amplitude of a Sound File
Changing the Sampling Rate of a Sound File
Adding Reverb to a Sound File
Adding Echo to a Sound File
Adding Flange to a Sound File
Adding Phase to a Sound File
Adding Chorus to a Sound File
Adding Vibro-Champ Effects to a Sound File
Reversing a Sound File
Converting Sound Files
Making an MP3 File
Converting MP3 to Another Format
Other Tools for Sound Editing
PART SIX: Productivity
Disk Storage
Listing a Disk's Free Space
Listing a File's Disk Usage
Floppy Disks
Formatting a Floppy Disk
Mounting a Floppy Disk
Unmounting a Floppy Disk
CD-ROMs
Mounting a CD-ROM
Unmounting a CD-ROM
Printing
Making and Managing Print Jobs
Sending a Print Job to the Printer
Printing Multiple Copies of a Job
Listing Your Print Jobs
Cancelling a Print Job
More Recipes for Printing
Printing in Emacs
Printing with Dvips
Printing the Contents of an Xterm Window
Preparing Files for Printing
Preparing a PostScript File for Printing
Preparing a DVI File for Printing
Preparing a PDF File for Printing
Preparing a Man Page for Printing
Cross-Platform Conversions
Using DOS and Windows Disks
Listing the Contents of a DOS Disk
Copying Files to and from a DOS Disk
Deleting Files on a DOS Disk
Formatting a DOS Disk
Using Macintosh Disks
Specifying the Macintosh Disk to Use
Listing the Contents of a Macintosh Disk
Copying Files to and from a Macintosh Disk
Deleting Files on a Macintosh Disk
Formatting a Macintosh Disk
Converting Text Files between DOS and Linux
Converting Microsoft Word Files
Converting Word to LaTeX
Converting Word to Plain Text
Reminders
Displaying the Date and Time
Playing an Audible Time Announcement
Calendars
Displaying a Calendar
Displaying a Calendar in Emacs
Managing Appointments
Making an Appointment File
Including Holidays in Your Reminders
Automatic Appointment Delivery
Contact Managers
Keeping a Free-Form Address List
Keeping a Contact Manager Database
Reminding Yourself of Things
Sending Yourself Email Reminders
Reminding Yourself When You Have to Leave
Running a Command on a Delay
Mathematics
Calculating Arithmetic
Making a Quick Arithmetic Calculation
Making Many Arithmetic Calculations
Outputting a Random Number
Listing a Sequence of Numbers
Finding Prime Factors
Converting Numbers
Converting an Amount between Units of Measurement
Converting an Arabic Numeral to English
Other Math Tools
PART SEVEN: Networking
Communications
Connecting to the Internet
Setting Up PPP
Controlling a PPP Connection
Faxing
Sending a Fax
Receiving a Fax
Receiving Faxes Automatically
Converting to and from Fax Format
Calling Out on a Modem
Email
Sending Mail
Mailing a User on the Same System
Mailing a File or the Output of a Command
Mailing the Contents of a URL
Special Mail Composition Keystrokes
Receiving Mail
Deleting Mail
Options Available while Reading Mail
Managing Mail
Viewing a Mail Folder
Setting Notification for New Mail
Counting How Many Messages You Have
Seeing Who Your Mail Is From
Verifying an Email Address
Mail Attachments
Reading a Mail Attachment
Sending a Mail Attachment
Making an Email Signature
Picking the Right Mail Application
The World Wide Web
Browsing the Web
Maintaining a List of Visited Web Sites
Opening a URL from a Script
Mozilla Browsing Tips
Viewing an Image from the Web
Reading Text from the Web
Perusing Text from the Web
Viewing a Site That Requires Authorization
Options Available while Browsing Text
Browsing the Web in Emacs
Getting Files from the Web
Saving a URL to a File
Archiving an Entire Web Site
Archiving Part of a Web Site
Reading the Headers of a Web Page
Writing HTML
Adding Parameters to Image Tags
Converting HTML to Another Format
Validating an HTML File
More Web Browsers and Tools
Other Internet Services
Connecting to Another System
Suspending a Connection with Another System
Connecting to Another System with Encryption
Transferring Files with Another System
Uploading a File
Downloading a File
Reading Usenet
Choosing a Newsreader
Finding Newsgroups for a Topic
Listing Online System and User Activity
Checking Whether a System Is Online
Checking Whether a User Is Online
Listing Who Is Logged In to a System
Finding the IP Address of a Host Name
Finding the Host Name of an IP Address
Listing the Owner of a Domain Name
Sending a Message to Another User's Terminal
Chatting with Other Users
Chatting Directly with a User
Chatting with Users on IRC
Chatting with Users on ICQ
Administrative Issues
Linux and Hardware Compatibility
Shutting Down the System
Shutting Down Immediately
Shutting Down at a Certain Time
Cancelling a Shutdown
Installing Software
Getting and Installing Debian
Installing a Debian Package
Upgrading a Debian Package
Installing a Shell Script
Administrating Users
Making a User Account
Letting Users Access Hardware Peripherals
Letting Users Mount Drives
Displaying Information about the System
How Long Has the System Been Up?
What Version of Linux Am I Running?
What Version of Debian Am I Running?
Linux Resources on the Web
License
Design Science License
Applying Copyleft to Your Work
Program Index
Concept Index
