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Linux Pocket Guide by Daniel J. Barrett, Daniel J. Barrett is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.

What is Linux Pocket Guide about?

O'Reilly's Pocket Guides have earned a reputation as inexpensive, comprehensive, and compact guides that have the stuff but not the fluff. Every page of Linux Pocket Guide lives up to this billing. It clearly explains how to get up to speed quickly on day-to-day Linux use. Once you're up and running, Linux Pocket Guide provides an easy-to-use reference that you can keep by your keyboard for those times when you want a fast, useful answer, not hours in the man pages. Linux Pocket Guide is organized the way you use Linux: by function, not just alphabetically. It's not the'bible of Linux; it's a practical and concise guide to the options and commands you need most. It starts with general concepts like files and directories, the shell, and X windows, and then presents detailed overviews of the most essential commands, with clear examples. You'll learn each command's purpose, usage, options, location on disk, and even the RPM package that installed it. The Linux Pocket Guide is tailored to Fedora Linux--the latest spin-off of Red Hat Linux--but most of the information applies to any Linux system. Throw in a host of valuable power user tips and a friendly and accessible style, and you'll

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It is typically read by readers who need quick, reliable lookup and repeat reference.

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Author
Daniel J. Barrett, Daniel J. Barrett
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9780596006280
Category
reference
Subjects
Computer Science, Reference, Fiction
Rating
3.95 / 5 (235 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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