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Linux Phrasebook, 2nd edition

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional (December 15, 2015) © 2016

  • Scott Granneman
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Scott Granneman has completely updated his best-selling Linux Phrasebook to reflect the newest distributions, incorporate feedback from hundreds of active Linux users, and cover today's newest tools and techniques -- including an entirely new chapter on text file manipulation. Linux Phrasebook, Second Edition offers a concise, handy reference to the Linux commands that, like a language phrasebook, can be used on the spot on moment's notice.
  • The quick, functional, portable, and practical Linux command line reference: straight-to-the-point information that can be used anytime, anywhere
  • The most popular title in the Developer's Library Phrasebook series, now fully updated to reflect new Linux tools, commands, and utilities, and feedback from hundreds of readers
  • Contains an all-new chapter on manipulating text files

The second edition of the Linux Phrasebook updates and expands the material to take into account changes in the technology as well as incorporate feedback and suggestions from hundreds of readers of the first edition of the book.

This edition adds an entirely new chapter on manipulating text files, and every other chapter in the book has been extensively tweaked and updated to improve upon the assortment of commands covered.

  • Part I: Getting Started
  • Chapter 1 Things to Know About Your Command Line
  • Chapter 2 Navigating Your File System
  • Chapter 3 Creation and Destruction
  • Chapter 4 Learning About Commands
  • Chapter 5 Building Blocks
  • Part II: Working with Files
  • Chapter 6 Viewing (Mostly Text) Files
  • Chapter 7 Manipulating Text Files with Filters
  • Chapter 8 Ownerships and Permissions
  • Chapter 9 Archiving and Compression
  • Part III: Finding Files, Words, and More
  • Chapter 10 Finding Files, Directories, Words, and Phrases
  • Chapter 11 The find Command
  • Part IV: Your Environment
  • Chapter 12 Your Shell
  • Chapter 13 Monitoring System Resources
  • Chapter 14 Installing Software
  • Part V: Networking
  • Chapter 15 Connectivity
  • Chapter 16 Working on the Network
Scott Granneman is an author, educator, and small business owner. He has written seven books and contributed to two. In addition, he was a columnist for SecurityFocus, one of the largest and most important security-focused sites on the Web, and Linux Magazine while it was in print.


As an educator, he has taught thousands of people of all ages–from preteens to senior citizens–on a wide variety of topics, including both literature and technology. He is currently an adjunct professor at Washington University in St. Louis and at Webster University, where he teaches a variety of courses about technology, social media, the Internet, and Web development. With the shift in focus over the past few decades to Linux and other open-source technologies, he has worked to bring knowledge of these powerful new directions in software to people at all technical skill levels.

As a Principal of WebSanity, a website planning, development, and hosting firm with clients in 12 states, he manages the firm’s Linux-based servers and infrastructure, researches new technologies, and works closely with other partners on the underlying WebSanity Content Management System (CMS).

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