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<DT><A NAME="capitalization">capitalization</A>
: (see <A HREF="idx_c.htm#case-sensitivity">case sensitivity</A>)
<DT><A NAME="caps-lock">CAPS LOCK, typing without</A>
: <A HREF="../ch31_11.htm">31.11. Typing in Uppercase Without CAPS LOCK </A>
<DT><A NAME="caret">caret</A>
: (see <A HREF="idx_0.htm#.5e">^</A>)
<DT><A NAME="carriage-returns">carriage returns</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch41_02.htm#UPT-ART-1140-SECT-1.1">41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?) </A>
  <DT>(see <A HREF="idx_n.htm#newline-character">newline character</A>)
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="case-command">case command</A>
: <A HREF="../ch45_22.htm">45.22. Handling Files Line-by-Line </A>
<DT><A NAME="case-sensitivity">case sensitivity</A>
: <A HREF="../ch01_15.htm">1.15. Filenames </A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>ispell program and
: <A HREF="../ch29_02.htm">29.2. Check Spelling Interactively with ispell </A>
  <DT>search patterns
: <A HREF="../ch27_16.htm">27.16. Faking Case-Insensitive Searches </A>
  <DT>vi and ex editors and
: <A HREF="../ch30_17.htm">30.17. Capitalizing Every Word on a Line </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="case-statement">case statement</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch02_12.htm">2.12. Automatic Setups for Different Terminals </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch44_05.htm">44.5. Test String Values with Bourne Shell case </A>
  <DT>advantages
: <A HREF="../ch45_33.htm">45.33. Testing Two Strings with One case Statement </A>
  <DT>egrep expressions built
: <A HREF="../ch48_02.htm">48.2. Online Phone and Address Lists </A>
  <DT>errors caused by
: <A HREF="../ch46_01.htm#UPT-ART-7160-SECT-1.4">46.1.4. Missing or Extra esac, ;;, fi, etc. </A>
  <DT>examples
  <DD><DL>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch44_05.htm">44.5. Test String Values with Bourne Shell case </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch44_16.htm">44.16. Handling Command-Line Arguments with a for Loop </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch44_17.htm">44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch48_02.htm">48.2. Online Phone and Address Lists </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch51_03.htm">51.3. ASCII Characters: Listing and Getting Values </A>
  </DL>
  <DT>handling command-line arguments
: <A HREF="../ch44_17.htm">44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift </A>
  <DT>in while loops
: <A HREF="../ch44_17.htm">44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift </A>
  <DT>pattern matching in
: <A HREF="../ch44_06.htm">44.6. Pattern Matching in case Statements </A>
  <DT>test command compared to
: <A HREF="../ch45_33.htm">45.33. Testing Two Strings with One case Statement </A>
  <DT>testing two strings using
: <A HREF="../ch45_33.htm">45.33. Testing Two Strings with One case Statement </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="cat-command">cat command</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch01_02.htm">1.2. Who Listens to What You Type? </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch13_02.htm">13.2. One Argument with a cat Isn't Enough </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch25_02.htm">25.2. Four Ways to Skin a cat </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch25_05.htm">25.5. Page Through Compressed, RCS, Unprintable Files </A>
  <DT>backslash character and
: <A HREF="../ch08_06.htm#UPT-ART-7911-SECT-1.1">8.6.1. Portability </A>
  <DT>combining files
: <A HREF="../ch08_04.htm">8.4. Command Evaluation and Accidentally Overwriting Files</A>
  <DT>-e option
  <DD><DL>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch16_13.htm">16.13. Can't Access a File? Look for Spaces in the Name </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch25_06.htm">25.6. What's in That White Space? </A>
  </DL>
  <DT>examples
  <DD><DL>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch44_09.htm">44.9. Testing Your Success </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch44_10.htm#UPT-ART-2280-SECT-1.1">44.10.1. Looping Until a Command Succeeds </A>
  </DL>
  <DT>for loops combined with
: <A HREF="../ch45_16.htm">45.16. Standard Input to a for Loop </A>
  <DT>-n option
: <A HREF="../ch25_21.htm">25.21. Numbering Lines </A>
  <DT>-s option
: <A HREF="../ch25_11.htm">25.11. crush: A cat that Skips all Blank Lines </A>
  <DT>starting pipelines
: <A HREF="../ch01_04.htm">1.4. Using Pipes to Create a New Tool </A>
  <DT>-t option
: <A HREF="../ch25_06.htm">25.6. What's in That White Space? </A>
  <DT>-v option
  <DD><DL>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch25_06.htm">25.6. What's in That White Space? </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch25_07.htm">25.7. Show Non-Printing Characters with cat -v or od -c </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch41_12.htm">41.12. Finding Out What Characters Your Terminal's Special Keys Send</A>
  </DL>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="catman-program">catman program, egrep versus</A>
: <A HREF="../ch50_03.htm">50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos </A>
<DT><A NAME="catsaway-script">catsaway script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>examples
: <A HREF="../ch44_10.htm#UPT-ART-2280-SECT-1.2">44.10.2. Looping Until a Command Fails </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="cbreak-mode">cbreak mode</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch41_02.htm#UPT-ART-1140-SECT-1.1">41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?) </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch41_07.htm">41.7. Reading Verrrry Long Lines from the Terminal </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="cbw-program">cbw program</A>
: <A HREF="../ch22_17.htm">22.17. Ways of Improving the Security of crypt </A>
<DT><A NAME="cd-command">cd command</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch03_04.htm">3.4. Automatic File Cleanup </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch07_06.htm">7.6. Session Information in Your Terminal's Status Line </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch14_03.htm">14.3. What Good Is a Current Directory? </A>
  <DT>(see also <A HREF="idx_c.htm#current-directory">current directory</A>)
  <DT>- option
: <A HREF="../ch14_06.htm">14.6. The Shells' pushd and popd Commands </A>
  <DT>aliases for
: <A HREF="../ch14_08.htm">14.8. Quick cds with Aliases </A>
  <DT>cdpath variable and
: <A HREF="../ch14_05.htm">14.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath </A>
  <DT>directory initials and
: <A HREF="../ch14_09.htm">14.9. cd by Directory Initials </A>
  <DT>in subshells
: <A HREF="../ch13_08.htm">13.8. Using {list} to Group Bourne Shell Commands </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="cd.2drom">CD-ROM (with this book)</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_01.htm#UPT-ART-9501">52.1. Introduction </A>
<DT><A NAME="cd.2drom-formats">CD-ROM formats</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_05.htm#UPT-ART-9503-SECT-1.1">52.5.1. CD-ROM Formats </A>
<DT><A NAME=".3acdpath-in-csh">:cdpath in csh</A>
: <A HREF="../ch14_05.htm">14.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath </A>
<DT><A NAME="cdpath-environment-variable">CDPATH environment variable</A>
: <A HREF="../ch14_05.htm">14.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath </A>
<DT><A NAME="cdpath-shell-variable">cdpath shell variable</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch06_09.htm">6.9. Special C Shell Variables </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch14_05.htm">14.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath </A>
  <DT>as array
: <A HREF="../ch47_05.htm">47.5. Using C Shell Arrays </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="center-script">center script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
<DT><A NAME="centering-lines">centering lines, awk script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch35_08.htm">35.8. Centering Lines in a File </A>
<DT><A NAME="cgrep-script">cgrep script</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch27_11.htm">27.11. A Multiline Context grep Using sed </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch27_13.htm">27.13. More grep-like Programs Written in Perl </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch34_17.htm">34.17. Searching for Patterns Split Across Lines </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="cgrep.2esed-script">cgrep.sed script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
<DT><A NAME="change-command">change command (ex)</A>
: <A HREF="../ch33_04.htm">33.4. Useful ex Commands </A>
<DT><A NAME="change-times">change times</A>
: <A HREF="../ch16_05.htm">16.5. The Three UNIX File Times </A>
<DT><A NAME="character-codes-in-termcap-and-terminfo-databases">character codes in termcap and terminfo databases</A>
: <A HREF="../ch41_11.htm#UPT-ART-7967-SECT-1.0.1">41.11.1. Special Character Codes </A>
<DT><A NAME="character-sets">character sets</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch26_04.htm">26.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch26_04.htm#UPT-ART-427-SECT-1.2">26.4.2. Matching a Character with a Character Set </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="character-strings">character strings</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>grabbing
: <A HREF="../ch45_30.htm">45.30. Grabbing Parts of a String </A>
  <DT>parsing
: <A HREF="../ch45_30.htm">45.30. Grabbing Parts of a String </A>
  <DT>testing
: <A HREF="../ch45_33.htm">45.33. Testing Two Strings with One case Statement </A>
  <DT>testing using expr
: <A HREF="../ch45_29.htm">45.29. Testing Characters in a String with expr </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="characters">characters</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>counting
: <A HREF="../ch29_06.htm">29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc </A>
  <DT>handling most
: <A HREF="../ch41_02.htm#UPT-ART-1140-SECT-1.2">41.2.2. Handling Most Characters </A>
  <DT>nonprintable
: (see <A HREF="idx_s.htm#special-characters">special characters</A>)
  <DT>sending repeated to terminals
: <A HREF="../ch42_07.htm">42.7. termtest: Send Repeated Characters to Terminal </A>
  <DT>sent by special keys
: <A HREF="../ch41_12.htm">41.12. Finding Out What Characters Your Terminal's Special Keys Send</A>
  <DT>special
: (see <A HREF="idx_s.htm#special-characters">special characters</A>)
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="check-command">check command (SCCS)</A>
: <A HREF="../ch20_13.htm">20.13. SCCS Basics </A>
<DT><A NAME="checksed-script">checksed script</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch34_03.htm#UPT-ART-83-SECT-1.1">34.3.1. checksed </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="chgrp-command">chgrp command</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch01_23.htm">1.23. File Access Permissions </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch22_05.htm">22.5. Group Permissions in a Directory with the setgid Bit </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="child-processes">child processes</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch38_03.htm">38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch45_08.htm">45.8. Handling Signals to Child Processes </A>
  <DT>(see also <A HREF="idx_p.htm#processes">processes</A>)
  <DT>changes to environment of
: <A HREF="../ch38_04.htm">38.4. Subshells </A>
  <DT>file descriptors given to
: <A HREF="../ch45_20.htm">45.20. Overview: Open Files and File Descriptors </A>
  <DT>killing
: <A HREF="../ch38_10.htm">38.10. Destroying Processes with kill </A>
  <DT>relationship to parent
: <A HREF="../ch38_03.htm">38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="child-signal">child signal</A>
: <A HREF="../ch38_08.htm">38.8. What Are Signals? </A>
<DT><A NAME="chld">CHLD (child) signal</A>
: <A HREF="../ch38_08.htm">38.8. What Are Signals? </A>
<DT><A NAME="chmod-command">chmod command</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch22_07.htm">22.7. Using chmod to Change File Permission </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
  <DT>= operator
: <A HREF="../ch22_08.htm">22.8. The Handy chmod = Operator </A>
  <DT>described
: <A HREF="../ch44_02.htm">44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program </A>
  <DT>examples
: <A HREF="../ch44_02.htm">44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program </A>
  <DT>-R option
  <DD><DL>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch22_07.htm">22.7. Using chmod to Change File Permission </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch22_08.htm">22.8. The Handy chmod = Operator </A>
  </DL>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="chmod.5fedit-script">chmod_edit script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
<DT><A NAME="chown-command">chown command</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch01_23.htm">1.23. File Access Permissions </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch22_21.htm">22.21. How to Change File Ownership Without chown</A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="christiansen">Christiansen, Tom</A>
: <A HREF="../ch13_02.htm">13.2. One Argument with a cat Isn't Enough </A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>on C shell disadvantages
: <A HREF="../ch47_01.htm#UPT-ART-8016">47.1. Why Not? </A>
  <DT>on directory stacks
: <A HREF="../ch47_05.htm">47.5. Using C Shell Arrays </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="chsh-command">chsh command</A>
: <A HREF="../ch02_16.htm">2.16. Approved Shells: Using Unapproved Login Shell </A>
<DT><A NAME="chunksort-script">chunksort script</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch36_07.htm">36.7. Sorting Multiline Entries </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="ci-command">ci command (RCS)</A>
: <A HREF="../ch20_14.htm">20.14. RCS Basics </A>
<DT><A NAME="cleanup-script">cleanup script</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch03_04.htm">3.4. Automatic File Cleanup </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch23_22.htm">23.22. Using find to Clear Out Unneeded Files </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="cleanup.2esed-script">cleanup.sed script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
<DT><A NAME="clear-command">clear command</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch03_01.htm#UPT-ART-4800">3.1. Running Commands When You Log Out </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch22_18.htm">22.18. Clear Your Terminal for Security, to Stop Burn-in </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch42_04.htm">42.4. Checklist for Resetting a Messed Up Terminal </A>
</DL>
<DT><A NAME="clear-screen-function-in-terminal-setup-menu">clear screen function in terminal setup menu</A>
: <A HREF="../ch42_04.htm">42.4. Checklist for Resetting a Messed Up Terminal </A>
<DT><A NAME="clear-script">Clear script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
<DT><A NAME="clear-script">clear script</A>