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Linux Tutorial

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Linux Basics

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Linux Files

  The Linux File System
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  Directory Terminology
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  Listing Linux Files
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  Copying and Renaming Files
  Creating Files and Directories
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  Linux Files - Wildcards
  The Nine Deadly Keystrokes
  Linux File Permissions
  Changing File Permissions

Linux Commands

  Important Linux Commands
  Changing Your Password
  Switching Users
  Who is Logged In?
  Date and Time
  The Echo Command
  Spell Checking
  Printing Linux Files
  Joining Files
  Searching for Files
  Comparing Files
  Task Scheduling
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Linux Editors

  The Vi Editor
  The Emacs Editor
  The Pico Editor

Linux Data Manipulation

  Slicing & Dicing
  Heads or Tails?
  Sorting Data
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  Selecting Columns
  Selecting Records
  Search & Replace
  Crunching Data
  Finding Files
  Pipe Fitting

Linux Shell Programming

  Linux Shell Scripts
  Executing a Script
  Shell Script Variables
  Shell Script Logic
  Shell Script Looping
  Shell Script Debugging

Perl Programming

  Perl Basics
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  Perl Logic
  Perl Looping
  Perl and Files
  Perl Pattern Matching

Linux and Email

  Sending Email
  Reading Email
  Other Mail Commands
  Using Pine for Email
  The Pine Inbox
  Pine Email Basics
  Pine Email Folders
  Pine for Power Users

Compression and Encoding

  Linux File Compression
  Archiving With Tar
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  Compress and Zcat
  Zmore and Zless
  Zip and Unzip
  Encoding and Decoding
  Encryption

Linux Does DOS

  Accesing DOS Files
  Accesing DOS Partitions
  Running DOS Programs

Managing Linux

  Updating Your Linux System
  Installing Packages with RPM
  Uninstalling Packages w/ RPM
  Upgrading Packages with RPM
  Querying Packages with RPM