Small, Sharp Software Tools by Hogan, Brian P. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Small, Sharp Software Tools

About the Pragmatic Bookshelf Table of Contents Early Praise for Small, Sharp Software Tools Acknowledgments Preface

A Tale of Many CLIs What’s In (and not in) This Book How to Use This Book Online Resources

Chapter 1: Getting Your Feet Wet

Accessing the Command-Line Interface Getting Your Bearings Creating and Reading Files Redirecting Streams of Text Creating Directories Going Home Using Autocompletion Elevating Privileges Installing Additional Programs with a Package Manager Downloading Files Read the Friendly Manual Useful Shortcuts Your Turn What You Learned

Chapter 2: Creating an Ubuntu Virtual Machine with VirtualBox

Creating a New Virtual Machine Configuring a Network Installing the Guest Operating System Working with Snapshots Installing Software with the Package Manager Improving Performance by Installing Guest Addi tions Your Turn What You Learned

Chapter 3: Navigating the Filesystem

Listing Files and Directories Navigating Files and Folders Switching Between Directories Finding Files Identifying Available Disk Space Your Turn What You Learned

Chapter 4: Working with Files and Directories

Creating Files Reading Larger Files Creating Directories Copying, Moving, and Deleting Files and Direct ories Managing File and Directory Permissions Working with Links Getting More Information About Fi lesystem Objects Your Turn What You Learned

Chapter 5: Streams of Text

Redirecting Input and Output with File Descri ptors Splitting Streams with tee Handling Standard Error Streams Filtering with grep Removing Characters from Output with cut Sorting Output Editing Streams with sed Advanced Processing with awk Using xargs Your Turn What You Learned

Chapter 6: The Shell and Environment

Exploring Environment and Shell Variables Editing Text with GNU nano Customizing Your Shell Se ssion Creating Shortcuts with Aliases and Functions Creating Keyboard Shortcuts Modifying Readline Behavior Your Turn What You Learned

Chapter 7: Running and Managing Programs

Working with Commands Reusing Previous Commands and Arguments Managing Processes and Jobs Terminating Processes Using Command Substitution Keeping Commands Running with GNU Screen Your Turn What You Learned

Chapter 8: Networking Tools

Getting Your Connection Inf ormation Finding Information About Domain Names Testing Network Connectivity Making Web Requests with cURL Working with Web APIs Using Secure Shell to Connect to Remote Machi nes Transferring Files Exploring Network Connections Using Netcat Your Turn What You Learned

Chapter 9: Automation

Automating Tasks with make Writing Bash Scripts Automating Your Workstation Setup Your Turn What You Learned

Chapter 10: Additional Programs

Working with Text and Files Managing Your Environment Working with Data and External APIs Wrapping Up

Appendix 1: Command Quick Reference Appendix 2: Installing GNU Utilities on macOS

Installing coreutils Installing diffutils and findutils You May Be Interested In…