Contents include:

• Commands with complete lists of options
• Shell syntax for the bash, csh, and tcsh shells
• Pattern matching
• emacs, vi, and ex editing commands
• sed and gawk commands
• Software development commands
• System administration commands

This book also documents a wide range of GNU tools for UNIX users who have GNUversions of standard UNIX tools. You'll find all the essential commands you need torun your system, as well as all the commands that historically have been includedon UNIX systems. Specialized packages included in most distributions of Linux arenot covered.

Linux in a Nutshell is a must for any Linux user; it weighs less than a stack ofmanual pages, but gives you everything you need for common, day-to-day use.

Description is from the publisher's website.