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This manual covers the basic Unix commands, as well as the more speci􀀌c Linux ones. This manual is intended for the beginning Unix user, although it may be useful for more experienced users for reference purposes.  \ni  \nUNIX is a trademark of X/Open  \nMS-DOS and Microsoft Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation OS/2 and Operating System/2 are trademarks of IBM  \nX Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc.  \nMotif is a trademark of the Open Software Foundation  \nLinux is not a trademark, and has no connection to UNIX, Unix System Labratories, or to X/Open. Please bring all unacknowledged trademarks to the attention of the author.  \nCopyright 􀀍c Larry Green􀀌eld  \n427 Harrison Avenue Highland Park, NJ 08904  \nleg+@[andrew.cmu.edu](andrew.cmu.edu)  \nPermission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copes of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.  \nPermission is granted to copy and distribute modi􀀌ed versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the sections that reprint \\The GNU General Public License\",\\The GNU Library General Public License\", and other clearly marked sections held under seperate copyright are reproduced under the conditions given within them, and provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one.  \nPermission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language under the conditions for modi􀀌ed versions. \\The GNU General Public License\" and \\The GNU Library General Public License\" may be included in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in the original English.  \nAt your option, you may distribute verbatim and modi􀀌ed versions of this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, excepting the clearly marked sections held under seperate copyright.  \nExceptions to these rules may be granted for various purposes: Write to Larry Green􀀌eld atthe above address or email leg+@[andrew.cmu.edu](andrew.cmu.edu), and ask. It is requested (but not required) that you notify the author whenever commercially or large-scale printing this document. Royalties and donations are accepted and will encourage further editions.  \nii  \nThese are some of the typographical conventions used in this book.  \nBold Used to mark new concepts, WARNINGS, and keywords in a language.  \nitalics Used for emphasis in text.  \nslanted Used to mark meta-variables in the text, especially in representations of the  \ncommand line. For example, \\ls-l foo\" where foo would \\stand for\" a 􀀌lename, such as /bin/cp.  \nTypewriter Used to represent screen interaction.  \nAlso used for code examples, whether it is \\C\" code, a shell script, or something else, and to display general 􀀌les, such as con􀀌guration 􀀌les. When necessary for clarity's sake, these examples or 􀀌gures will be enclosed in thin boxes.  \nKey  Represents a key to press. You will often see it in this form: \\Press return to  \ncontinue.\"  \n3 A diamond in the margin, like a black diamond on a ski hill, marks \\danger\" or \\caution.\" Read paragraphs marked this way carefully.  \n This X in the margin indicates special instructions for users of the X Window System.  \nThis indicates a paragraph that contains special information that should be read carefully.  \nAcknowledgments  \nThe author would like to thank the following people for their invaluable help either with Linux itself, or in writing The Linux Users' Guide:  \nLinus Torvalds for providing something to write this manual about.  \nKarl Fogel has given me much help with writing my Linux documentation and wrote most of Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 . I cannot give him enough credit.  \nMaurizio Codogno wrote much of Chapter 11 .  \nDavid Channon wrote the appendix on vi. 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